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Which of the following pairs of compounds are chain isomers.
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Isobutyl alcohol and sec-pentyl alcohol are homologous.
Isobutyl alcohol and ter-butyl alcohol are position isomers.
Sec-pentyl alcohol and neo pentyl alcohol are chain isomers.


Ethyl alcohol and ethyleneglycol have no relation of each other because ethyl alcohol is monohydric alcohol while ethyleneglycol is dihydric alcohol.
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