JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

How many aromatic alcoholic isomers (including the given compound itself) are possible for the naphthalenol structure shown (a bicyclic naphthalene ring bearing one group)?

Answer: 2

Solution

A hydroxyl group on the fused bicyclic naphthalene ring system can occupy only two chemically distinct ring positions (by symmetry): the

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Question ID VK-149012