What are the isomers of dibromobenzene?

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What are the isomers of dibromobenzene?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-10T16:51:50

The benzene parent molecule is $C_{6} H_{6}$ $C_6H_6$ . It is a high symmetry hexagon, which belongs to the $D_{6 h}$ $D_(6h)$ point group. How many ways can I arrange 2 heteroatoms around the hexagon for $C_{6} H_{4} X_{2}$ $C_6H_4X_2$ ?

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It doesn't take too much insight to realize that I can position the halides $1, 2$ $1,2$ (with respect to each other), $1, 3$ $1,3$ , or $1, 4$ $1,4$ - 3 isomers of dibromobenzene are thus possible. I urge you to sit down with a pencil and paper to confirm that this is correct.

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