What is the structure of the molecule named m-dichlorobenzene?

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Ernest Z.
Jun 9, 2015

The structure of m-dichlorobenzene is

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Explanation:

The prefix m- tells you that the two #"Cl"# atoms are on #"C-1"# and #"C-3"# of the benzene ring.

You put a #"Cl"# atom on any #"C"# atom of the benzene ring. This automatically becomes #"C-1"#.

Then you count in any direction around the ring and put a #"Cl"# atom on #"C-3"#.

This gives you m-dichlorobenzene.

Its official name is 1,3-dichlorobenzene.

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