primary alcohol metabolic process
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0034308
The chemical reactions and pathways involving primary alcohols. A primary alcohol is any alcohol in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has either three hydrogen atoms attached to it or only one other carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms attached to it. [ GOC:mah ]
Synonyms: primary alcohol metabolism, monohydric alcohol metabolic process