List of Benzo Compounds - Examples

Examples

Parent compound Structural formula of parent compound Letters and numbers in the parent compound Structural formula of the benzocompound Benzocompound
Anthracene Benzoanthracene: by adding four extra carbon atoms to the parent compound, the leftmost upper ring is formed.
Phenanthrene Benzofenanthrene: by adding four carbon atoms to the parent compound the right most ring is formed. Clearly this compound is identical to the compound above. As benzoant.. alphabetizes before benzophe.. (like numbers place letters first are omitted while indexing compounds, later on they are added again if necessary) the proper name for this compound is Benzoanthracene.
Pyrene Benzopyrene, by adding 4 carbon atoms to pyrene the left most ring is the extra one.
Fluoranthene Benzofluoranthene, the left most ring is the extra ring, formed by adding four carbon atoms to the parent compound.
Benzofluoranthene, the top left ring is the extra one, formed by adding two extra carbon atoms.
Benzofluoranthene: by adding four carbon atoms to the parent compound, the ring at the bottom left is formed.
Benzofluoranthene, the leftmost ring is the extra one, formed by adding four carbon atoms to the parent compound.

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