Review Of Organic Chemistry Page 26

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Organic Chemistry I Review: Highlights of Key Reactions, Mechanisms, and Principles
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16.13 AROMATIC NOMENCLATURE
1. Memorize Special Names.
• Six Special Monosubstituted Names You Must Memorize
CH
OH
NH
CO
H
NO
OCH
3
2
2
2
3
Toluene
Phenol
Aniline
Benzoic Acid
Nitrobenzene
Anisole
2. Mono-substituted benzenes, if not one of the special memory names:
use “benzene” as core
name
3. Di- or polysubstituted aromatics
a. If one of the “special” memory names can be used, use that as the core name and number
with the special substituent on carbon 1.
b. Special Terms:
• "ortho" or o-
1,2 relationship
• "meta" or m-
1,3 relationship
• "para" or p-
1,4 relationship

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