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The IUPAC name of the following compound is :

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The alcohol takes the lowest locant, so the $C H_{2} OH$ carbon is $C_{1}$ . The epoxide bridges $C_{2}$ and $C_{3}$ of the butane chain.

Name: 2,3-epoxybutan-1-ol.

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