Aromatics In South America Be Like

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Aromatics In South America Be Like

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Chemistry nerds unite! This is what happens when organic chemistry meets geography! The meme brilliantly combines the naming conventions of methyl-substituted benzene rings (para-, meta-, ortho-) with South American countries ending in "-guay".

In organic chemistry, these prefixes indicate where the methyl group (CH₃) attaches to the benzene ring: para- (opposite sides), meta- (separated by one carbon), and ortho- (adjacent positions). Someone took these positional isomers and created the perfect chemical-geographical pun!

This is the kind of joke that would make your chemistry professor both proud and disappointed at the same time. Next up: Bolivia as a covalent bond? 😂

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