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Basic IUPAC Organic Nomenclature

Common Substituted Benzenes


Common name
Substituted benzene
Formula
3D structure
Toluene
Methylbenzene

C6H5CH3

Styrene
Ethenylbenzene


C6H5CH=CH2
Phenol


C6H5OH
Anisole
Methoxybenzene


C6H5OCH3
Aniline
Aminobenzene


C6H5NH2
Benzoic acid



C6H5CO2H
Benzaldehyde



C6H5CHO
Benzonitrile Cyanobenzene

C6H5CN




organic chemistry ©Dr. Ian Hunt, Department of Chemistry University of Calgary