Conventional names vs IUPAC names
| COMMON NAMES | IUPAC NAMES | |
| acetanilide | N-phenylacetamide | |
| aniline | aminobenzene; benzenamine | |
| anisidine | methoxyaniline | e.g. m-anisidine = 3-methoxyaniline |
| anisole | methoxybenzene | |
| anthranilic acid | 2-aminobenzoic acid | |
| benzamide | benzenecarboxamide | |
| benzanilide | N-phenylbenzenecarboxamide | |
| benzidine | 4,4'-diaminobiphenyl | |
| benzoic acid | benzenecarboxylic acid | |
| catechol | 1,2-dihydroxybenzene | |
| cresidine | methoxymethylaniline | e.g. p-cresidine = 2-methoxy-5-methylaniline |
| cresol | methylphenol | e.g. m-cresol = 3-methylphenol |
| dianisidine | 4,4'-diamino-3,3'-dimethoxybiphenyl | |
| ethylene glycol | 1,2-dihydroxyethane | |
| glyoxal | 1,2-ethanedione | |
| hydroquinone | 1,4-dihydroxybenzene | |
| isonicotinic acid | pyridine-4-carboxylic acid | |
| isophthalic acid | 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid | |
| isophorone | 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-cyclohexene-5-one | |
| mesidine | 2,4,6-trimethylbezenamine | |
| mesitylene | 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene | |
| metanilic acid | 3-aminobenzenesulfonic acid | |
| naphthol | hydroxynaphthalene | |
| naphthylamine | aminonaphthalene | e.g. 2-naphthylamine = 2-aminonaphthalene |
| nicotinic acid | pyridine-3-carboxylic acid | |
| orthanilic acid | 2-aminobenzenesulfonic acid | |
| phenetidine | ethoxyaniline | e.g. p-phenetidine = 4-methoxyaniline |
| phenol | hydroxybenzene | |
| phenotole | ethoxybenzene | |
| phenylenediamine | diaminobenzene | e.g. p-phenylenediamine = 1,4-diaminobenzene |
| phloroglucinol | 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene | |
| phthalic acid | 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid | |
| pyrogallo | 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene | |
| resorcinol | 1,3-dihydroxybenzene | |
| salicylic acid | 2-hydroxybenzoic acid | |
| sulfanilic acid | 4-aminobenzenesulfonic acid | |
| terephthalic acid | 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid | |
| toluene | methylbenzene | |
| tolidine | 4,4'-diamino-3,3'-dimethylbiphenyl | |
| toluidine | methylaniline | e.g. o-touidine = 2-methylaniline |
| toluylenediamine | diaminotoluene | e.g. m-toluylenediamine = 2,4-diaminotoluene |
| xylene | dimethylbenzene | e.g. p-xylene = 1,4-dimethylbenzene |
| xylenol | dimethylphenol | e.g. 2,5-xylenol = 2,5-dimethylphenol |
| xylidine | dimethylaniline | e.g. 2,6-xylidine = 2,6-dimethylaniline |