Numbering rings

• In monosubstituted rings, the carbon bearing the substituent is by convention 1.

• In disubstituted rings, number towards nearest substituent.

• Highest alphabetical substituent in position 1.1-ethyl-3-isopropylcyclohexane

21

CH

CH

CH

4

5

6

1

2

3

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