From the following, how many compounds contain at least one secondary alcohol?
(I) 
(II) 
(III) 
(IV) 
(V) 
(VI) 
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A secondary alcohol has the OH group on a carbon bonded to exactly two other carbon atoms. Analyzing each structure:
( I) contains only primary alcohols and carboxylic acid.
(II) has OH on a carbon bonded to two other carbons (secondary alcohol).
(III) has tertiary and primary alcohols only.
(IV) has secondary alcohols on the cyclopentanone ring.
(V) has OH on a secondary carbon (between two CH groups).
(VI) has the central carbon as tertiary with three OH groups.
Compounds II, IV, and V contain at least one secondary alcohol, giving total 
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