Originally Posted by
cyccommute
2-propanol is the accepted IUPAC name. It has a single hydroxyl group (-OH), not a double one. Since the hydroxyl group is the 'functional' group in the compound, an ending of -"ol" is added to the alkane's name and the position of the hydroxyl group is noted relative to the terminal carbon of the chain.
Yes the -OH is on the middle carbon atom, my high school chemistry is a bit rusty, the way I learned it was to put the number of the carbon atom next to the functional group hence propan-2-ol and propan-1-ol