primary alcohol biosynthetic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0034309

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 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 synthesis, primary alcohol biosynthesis, primary alcohol formation, primary alcohol anabolism, monohydric alcohol biosynthetic process

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biological_process

GO:0034309

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biosynthetic process and has primary output some primary alcohol

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alcohol biosynthetic process
primary alcohol metabolic process
has primary output some primary alcohol