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For tri or higher substituted benzene derivatives, the compounds are named by identifying
substituent positions on the ring followed by the lowest locant rule. Substituent of the base compound is assigned number 1 and then the direction of numbering is chosen such that the next substituent gets the lowest number. The substituents appear in the name in alphabetical order.
1-Chloro-4-methyl-2-nitrobenzenc
(not 1-chloro-2-nitro-4-methyl benzene)
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