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Rule No. 1 Select the longest possible carbon skeleton or chain

 

Rule No. 2 In the numbering of parent carbon skeleton start at the end which provides the lowest number to its substituent.

 

Rule No. 3 if there are many different alkyl groups attached to same parent carbon chain then name them in alphabetical order (shown in red in given below example)

 

 

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