Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Meta: The relationship between two benzene ring substituents on two benzene ring carbons separated by one benzene ring carbon.


The relationship of two benzene ring substituents can be described as ortho, meta, or para.


   

  

Ortho-dibromobenzene
o-dibromobenzene
1,2-Dibromobenzene
Meta-nitrophenol
m-nitrophenol
3-Nitrophenol
Para-xylene
p-xylene
1,4-Dimethylbenzene