Aromatic Hydrocarbons

The monosubstituted benzenes are named

1 by terminating the name of the substituent

in benzene.

In disubstituted benzenes, the prefixes ortho

Nomenclature 2 (1,2-disubstituted benzene), meta (1,3-

disubstituted benzene) and para (1,4-
disubstituted benzene) are used to indicate
the position of the substituents in the ring.

Some benzene derivatives have widely

3 accepted common names