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Some names of common substituted arenes (benzenes)

CH3 OH CH3 CH3

CH3 H3C CH3

toluene phenol (meta)-xylene mesitylene

OCH3

OH

CO2H
CO2H

benzoic acid salicylic acid anisole

R-CO2H = R carboxylic acid group

meta
para
ortho to the substituent X, other positions
are ortho, meta, or para
according to the drawing on the left
meta
X

ortho

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