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WHICH IS CORRECT AND WHY

2-(1-Chloromethyl)-1,4-dichlorobutane, or

1,4-Dichloro-2-(1-chloromethyl)butane

zahid sharief , 15 Years ago
Grade 11
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mohit sengar

1st one is  correct

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shubham gupta

4-dichlorobutane is right

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Shreya Singh

1,4-Dichloro-2-(1-chloromethyl)butane  is correct.

since both have chloro in them hence we can't arrange them in alphabetical order.

so simple substituent has preference over complex chain substituent.

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