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COMEDK · Chemistry · 13. General Organic Chemistry

Total number of isomeric xylenes or dichlorobenzenes or cresols is

  1. A 2
  2. B 3
  3. C 4
  4. D 5
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(B) 3

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All the three are disubstituted benzenes, i.e., xylenes has two \(\mathrm{CH}_3\) groups, dichlorobenzenes has two Cl atoms and cresol has one \(\mathrm{CH}_3\) and one OH group. Therefore, each one has three isomers i.e, \(o-(1,2), m-(1,3)\) and \(p-(1,4)\).