Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Q. 22 What is the structure and IUPAC name of glycerol?

Glycerol s the trihydric alcohol. Structure of glycerol is

$3 2 1$
$\dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots$
$HO - ⋮ {CH}_{2} - CH - {CH}_{2} ⋮ - OH$
$\dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots \dots$
$|$
$OH$