- For IUPAC nomenclature of substituted benzene compounds, the substituent is placed as prefix to the word benzene
- If benzene ring is disubstituted, the position of substituents is defined by numbering the carbon atoms of the ring such that the substituents are located at the lowest numbers possible
- In the trivial system of nomenclature the terms ortho (o), meta (m) and para (p) are used as prefixes to indicate the relative positions 1,2,1,3 and 1,4 respectively