Monosubstituted benzenes are named by ending the name of the substituent in benzene.

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Some monosubstituted derivatives of benzene have widely accepted common names.

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ortho (1,2-disubstituted benzene), meta (1,3-disubstituted benzene) and para
are used to indicate the position of the substituents on the ring.

 

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