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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Sir with heartfull gratitude, Sir I got confused when I saw the same compound with 2 different IUPAC NAMES IN TWO DIFFERENT BOOKS.(ONE WAS BOARD BOOK AND OTHER WAS IIT JEE BOOK) SIR WHICH ONE IS CORRECT IUPAC NAME FROM THESE 3-ETHYL-5-METHYLHEPTANE (BOARD BOOK) OR 5-ETHYL-3-METHYLHEPTANE (IIT JEE BOOK) Yours truly, SAGAR KANDPAL

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16 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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15 Years ago

Dear sagar,

We follow alphabetical rule and hence Board book is correct,,,

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