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Chlorotoluene
Introduction
Overview
Chlorotoluene can refer to any of four isomeric chemical compounds. Three isomers (ortho-chlorotoluene, meta-chlorotoluene, and para-chlorotoluene) consisist of a disubsituted benzene ring with one chlorine atom and one methyl group. The fourth isomer, alpha-chlorotoluene (benzyl chloride), consists of toluene with chlorine substitution on the methyl group.