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Q.Write the IUPAC name of BrCH2CHClCH3\text{BrCH}_2\text{CHClCH}_3.

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The parent chain is propane. Numbering from the CH2Br\text{CH}_2\text{Br} end gives bromine at C1 and chlorine at C2, locant set {1,2}\{1,2\}; numbering from the other end would give chlorine at C2 and bromine at C3, locant set {2,3}\{2,3\}. Since {1,2}\{1,2\} is the lower set at the first point of difference, that is the correct numbering, and the substituents are cited alphabetically: bromo before chloro.

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1-bromo-2-chloropropane.

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