Write the IUPAC name of the compound shown in the figure (a dimethyl hexanediol).
Structure to name

Answer: 2,5-Dimethylhexane-1,3-diol.
Solution
Longest chain holding both –OH groups: hexane; OH at C-1 and C-3, methyls at C-2 and C-5:
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