Number of compounds having molecular formula $C_{5} H_{12} O$ giving blue coloured complex in Victor Meyer test will be.

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Victor Meyers Test is a test to detect the primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols based on the colors obtained after the test.
With primary alcohols, red color is obtained, with secondary alcohols, the blue color is obtained, and the tertiary alcohols show no color.
Eight isomeric alcohols can be obtained from the molecular formula $C_{5} H_{12} O$ .
These are:

Petan-1-ol
Pentan-2-ol
Pentan-3-ol
3-Methylbutan-1-ol
2-Methylbutan-2-ol
2,2 Dimethylpropan-1-ol
2-Methylbutan-1-ol
3-Methylbutan-2-ol
Out of these 8, only Pentan-2-ol, Pentan-3-ol, and 3-Methylbutan-2-ol are secondary alcohols and thus will give blue color in the test.

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