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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

Which is given more priority- Chlorine or Bromine and why?

Profile image of Manith Shetty
14 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vaishal Shah
14 Years ago

Bromine as per alphabetical order.

Profile image of Parshant  Kaushik
14 Years ago

Chlorine because it has smaller size and hance more electronegativity than bromine

Profile image of TOUFIQ MOHAMMED
14 Years ago

If Bromine and Chlorine are present in the same chain along with the substituients then lowest sum rule is followed and while writing the IUPAC name Bromine is written first by following alphabetical rule.