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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

In numbering of the longest chain that contain two branches I.e the branch of methy at the right hand side and the branch of Cl and the left hand side, all of them are in position two. which one will come first?

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
when they are at the same position,they are arranged in alphabatic order.Within chloro and methyl,chloro comes first.