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Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Commission on Physical Organic Chemistry

Commission on Photochemistry

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See Division VIII for publications first published after 2001.


Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Publications List

Books

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, and H, Pergamon Press, 1979. Edited by J Rigaudy and S P Klesney. [ISBN 0-08-022369-9]
Details of its contents, other versions of the chapters and translations are available. A web version of sections A-C is available.

À Messeguer i Peipoch and M A Pericàs i Brondo Nomenclatura de química orgànica, seccions A, B i C: Regles definitives de 1979, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Carrer del Carme 47, ES-08001 Barcelona, Spain, 1989. [ISBN 84-7283-132-9] (in Catalan)

K Bláha, M Ferles and J Stanek, Nomenklatura organické chemie, Academia, Prague, 1985 (in Czech)

Nomenklatura organskih spojeva: Sekcije A, B i C, SKTH/Kemija u industriji, Zagreb [date ?] (in Croatian).
Nomenklatura organskih spojeva: Sekcije D, E, F i H, SKTH/Kemija u industriji, Zagreb [date ?] (in Croatian).

B. Podolesov, M. Korunoski, Z. Zdravkovski, Nomenklatura na organskata hemija, Sekcii A, B i C. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite, Skopje, 1986 (in Macedonian)

Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część A, Wćglowodory. Część B, Podstawowe układy heterocykliczne. red. O.Achmatowicz, PWN Warszawa-Łódź, 1978.
Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część C, Związki z grupami zawierającymi atomy węgla, tlenu, azotu, fluorowców, siarki, selenu i/lub telluru. red. O.Achmatowicz, ISBN 83-01-00546-7. PWN Warszawa-Łódź, 1979.
Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część D, Związki organiczne zawierające poza węglem, wodorem, tlenem, azotem, fluorowcami, siarką, selenem i tellurem również inne pierwiastki. red. O.Achmatowicz , ISBN 83-01-02179-9. PWN Warszawa-Łódź 1981.
Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część E, Stereochemia. red. O.Achmatowicz, ISBN 83-01-00177-1. PWN Warszawa 1979.
Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Publikacja zawiera części A, B, C, D i E wydane odrębnie w latach 1978-1981: PWN Warszawa, 1992.
Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część F. Produkty naturalne i związki pokrewne, Wiad. Chem., 33, 44-58 (1979).
Nomenklatura związków Organicznych. Część H. Związki o modyfikowanym składzie izotopowym, Wiad. Chem., 33, 698-702 (1979) (in Polish)

B Stanovnik and M Tisler, IUPAC Nomenklatura organskih spojin, (Part 1, Sections A, B, C and E; Part 2, Sections D, F, H and S) published by the Slovenian Chemical Society, Ljublijana, Yugoslavia, 1983, 445 pp and 258 pp (in Slovenian)

Fernández-Álvarez and Fariña-Pérez, Nomenclatura de la Química Orgánica (IUPAC). Secciones A,B,C,D,E,F y H, edited by the S.C.I.S. and the Real Sociedad de Química, Madrid, 1987. (in Spanish)

A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds, Recommendations 1993, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993.
Corrections see Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 1327-1330. A web version of The Guide is available.

V Rapic, [title ?], Skolska Knjiga, Zagreb, 2002 [ISBN 953-0-30917-1] (in Croatian)

J Kahovec, F Liska and O Paleta, Prüvodce názvoslovím organickych sloucenin podle IUPAC, Doporucení; 1993, Academia, Prague, 2000. [ISBN 80-200-0724-5] [With a list of IUPAC nomenclature documents of organic chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, physical chemistry, spectroscopy, macromolecular chemistry and miscellaneous from Helv. Chim. Acta , 2000, 83] (in Czech).

R Panico and J C Richer, Nomenclature UICPA des Composés Organiques, Masson Éditeurs, Paris, 1994. [ISBN 2-225-84479-8] (in French)

F.C. Alderweireldt, H.J.T. Bos, R. Jorritsma, L. Maat en D. Tavernier, Gids voor de IUPAC-Nomenclatuur van organische verbindingen, KNCV, 2010. [ISBN 978-90-71446-28-3] (in Dutch).

G Kruse and U Schröder Nomenklatur der Organischen Chemie, VCH, Weinheim, 1997 [ISBN 3-527-29327-2] (with an appendix of items from the 1979 rules) (in German)

J Nyitrai and J Nagy, Útmutató a szerves vegyületek IUPAC-nevezéktanához, Hungarian Chemical Society, Budapest, 1998 (in Hungarian)

Z. Zdravkovski and K. Stojanoski, Osnovi na Organskata Nomenklatura: Spored Pravilata na IUPAC, Skopje, 1997 [ISBN 9989-684-15-4] republished 2003 (in Macedonian)

B Szechner, Przewodnik do nomenklatury zwiazków organicznych, Polskie Towarzystwo Chemiczne, Warszawa, 1994 [ISBN 83-901844-2-7] (in Polish)

A C Fernandes, B Herold, H Maia, A P Rauter and J A R Rodrigues Guia IUPAC para a Nomenclatura de Compostos Orgânicos Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, 2002 Edições Lidel [ISBN 978-972-757-737-8] (in Portuguese with Brazilian differences)

Branko Stanovnik, Miha Tišler, Vodnik po nomenklaturi organskih spojin IUPAC. priporočila 1993, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Ljubljana, 1999 (reprint 2009) [ISBN: 9616242245] (in Slovenian)

Specific Recommendations.

Nomenclature or organic chemistry, section E: stereochemistry. Recommendations 1974, Pure Appl. Chem., 1976, 45, 11-30. Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 1-18. A PDF of the printed version is available.

H J T Bos, D Tavernier, F C Alderweireldt, and L Maat, Regels voor de Nomenclatuur van de Organische Chemie. Sectie E: Stereochemie en Basisterminologie in de Stereochemie. Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV), Den Haag, Netherlands (1999), pp. 1-113. ISBN 90-407-1927-6. (in Dutch)

Kem. Kozl., 1982, 58, 257-307 (in Hungarian).

O.Achmatowicz, Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część E, Stereochemia. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1979, 48 pp. ISBN 83-01-00177-1. (in Polish)

Nomenclature or organic chemistry, section F: natural products and related compounds. Recommendations 1976, Eur. J. Biochem., 1978, 86, 1-8; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 19-26. [See 1999 revised recommendatons below]

Chem. Listy, 1978, 72, 288-305. (in Czech)

Nomenklatura związków organicznych. Część F. Produkty naturalne i związki pokrewne, Wiad. Chem., 33, 44-58 (1979). (in Polish)

Nomenclature or organic chemistry, section H: isotopically modified compounds. Recommendations 1977, Eur. J. Biochem., 1978, 86, 9-25; 1979, 102, 315-316; Pure Appl. Chem., 1979, 51, 353-380; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, Biochemical Society, 1978, pages 27-43. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Chem. Listy, 1983, 77, 74-94. (in Czech)

Kem. Kozl., 1981, 55, 453-473 (in Hungarian)

Nomenklatura związków Organicznych. Część H. Związki o modyfikowanym składzie izotopowym, Wiad. Chem., 33, 698-702, 753-765 (1979) (in Polish)

Revision of the extended Hantzsch-Widman system of nomenclature for heteromonocycles. Recommendations 1982, Pure Appl. Chem., 1983, 55, 409-416. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Can. J. Chem., 1989, 67(6), v-viii (in French).

Helv. Chim. Acta, 1990, 73, 1518-1523 (in French).

Mag. Kem. Foly., 1988, 94, 291-310 (in Hungarian).

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Wiad. Chem., 1989, 43, 85-92 (in Polish).

Ann. Quim., 1992, 88, 590-595 (in Spanish).

Treatment of variable valence in organic nomenclature (lambda convention). Recommendations 1983, Pure Appl. Chem., 1984, 56, 769-778. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Chem. Listy, 1985, 79 1281-1286. (in Czech)

F C Alderweireldt, H J T Bos, L Maat and D Tavernier, Regels voor de nomenclatuur van de organische chemie, sectie D, lambda-conventie, delta-conventie, Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging, Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging, 1990, ISBN 90-71446-04-2 (in Dutch)

Wiad. Chem., 1989, 43 93-102 (in Polish).

Extension of rules A-1.1 and A-2.5 concerning numerical terms used in organic chemical nomenclature. Recommendations 1986, Pure Appl. Chem., 1986, 58, 1693-1696 [numerical terms to 9999]. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Wiad. Chem., 1989, 43 103-105 (in Polish).
Nomenclature for cyclic organic compounds with formal contiguous double bonds (the δ-convention). Recommendations 1988, Pure Appl. Chem., 1988, 60, 1395-1401. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Chem. Listy, 1985, 79 1287-1291. (in Czech).

F C Alderweireldt, H J T Bos, L Maat and D Tavernier, Regels voor de nomenclatuur van de organische chemie, sectie D, lambda-conventie, delta-conventie, Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging, Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging, 1990, ISBN 90-71446-04-2 (in Dutch)

Revised nomenclature for radicals, ions, radical ions and related species. Pure Appl. Chem., 1993, 65, 1357-1455. A PDF of the printed version is available.

T. SokoŁowska, A.Wiśniewski, Skorygowana nomenklatura rodników, jonów, jonorodników i podobnych indywiduów chemicznych, Wiad. Chem. Biblioteka, 2001. ISBN 83-229-2202-7 (in Polish)
Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactive intermediates based on structure. Recommendations 1995, Pure Appl. Chem., 1995, 67, 1307-1375. A PDF of the printed version is available.

R Panico, J-C Richer and J Rigaudy, 'Noms de classes fonctionelles des composés organiques' in Nomenclature et Terminologie in Chimie Organique. Classes fonctionelles. Steréochimie. reprinted from Techniques de l'Ingénieur, Paris, 1996, 38-77 (K230, 1-40 in encyclopaedia). (in French).

J.Gawroński, Glosariusz nazw klas związków organicznych i reaktywnych produktów pośrednich oparty na strukturze (Zalecenia 1994), Wiad. Chem. 2006, ISBN 978-83-88555-48-0 (in Polish)

Basic Terminology of Stereochemistry. IUPAC recommendations 1996, Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2193-2222. A PDF of the printed version is available.

R Panico, J-C Richer and J Rigaudy, 'Glossaire de Steréochimie' in Nomenclature et Terminologie in Chimie Organique. Classes fonctionelles. Steréochimie. reprinted from Techniques de l'Ingénieur, Paris, 1996, 78-95 (K240, 1-18 in encyclopaedia). (in French).

O. Achmatowicz, Podstawowa terminologia stereochemii. Zalecenia 1996. Wiad. Chem. Biblioteka. ISBN 83-229-1964-6. (in Polish)

Nomenclature of Fused and Bridged Fused Ring Systems, IUPAC Recommendations 1998 Pure Appl. Chem., 1998, 70, 143-216. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Phane Nomenclature. Part I: Phane Parent Names. IUPAC Recommendations 1998, Pure Appl. Chem., 1998, 70, 1513-1545. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Angew. Chem., 2006, 118, 3967-3984. (in German)
Extension and Revision of the von Baeyer System for Naming Polycyclic Compounds (Including Bicyclic Compounds). IUPAC Recommendations 1999, Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 513-529.

Angew. Chem., 2002, 114, 3423-3432. (in German)
Extension and Revision of the Nomenclature for Spiro Compounds. IUPAC Recommendations 1999, Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 531-558.

Angew. Chem., 2002, 114, 4073-4089. (in German)
Revised Section F: Natural products and related compounds. IUPAC Recommendations 1999, Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 587-643. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Angew. Chem., 2005, 117, 7985-8014. (in German)
Nomenclature for the C60-Ih and C70-D5h(6) Fullerenes.IUPAC Recommendations 2002, Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 629-695. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Angew. Chem., 2005, 117, 5065-5108. (in German)
Phane nomenclature. Part II. Modification of the degree of hydrogenation and substitution derivatives of phane parent hydrides. IUPAC Recommendations 2002, Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 809-834. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Angew. Chem., 2006, 118, 6023-6033. (in German)
Numbering of Fullerenes (IUPAC Recommendations 2005), Pure Appl. Chem., 2005, 77, 843-923. A PDF of the printed version is available.

See also IUPAC recommendations from Division VIII Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation

Newsletter

CNOC Newsletter, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1989, 72, 185-189.


Commission on Physical Organic Chemistry

Nomenclature for straightforward transformations (provisional). Pure Appl. Chem., 1981, 53, 305-321.

Wiad. Chem., 1988, 42, 891-908. (in Polish)
Names for hydrogen atoms, ions and groups, and for reactions involving them. Recommendations 1988. Pure Appl. Chem., 1988, 60, 1115-1116.

Magy. Kem. Foly., 1993, 99, 470-471. (in Hungarian)
System for symbolic representation of reaction mechanisms. Recommendations 1988. Pure Appl. Chem., 1989, 61, 23-56.

Quim. Nova, 1994, 17, 68-87. (in Portuguese)
Detailed linear representation of reaction mechanisms. Recommendations 1988. Pure Appl. Chem., 1989, 61, 57-81.

Nomenclature for organic chemical transformations. Recommendations 1988. Pure Appl. Chem., 1989, 61, 725-768.

Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry. Recommendations 1994, Pure Appl. Chem., 1994, 66, 1077-1184. A PDF of the printed version is available.

Fysikaalisen Orgaanisen Kemian Sansto Association of Finnish Chemical Societies, Helsinki, 1983 [ISBN 951-9223-20-7] [1982 edition] (in Finnish)

O.Achmatowicz, Glosariusz terminów stosowanych w fizycznej chemii organicznej Zakład Naukowy im, Ossolińskich, Wroclaw, 1983 [ISBN 83-04-01536-6] [provisional version of 1979 edition] (in Polish)

Zh. Org. Khim., 1983, 19, 1562-1592; 1787-1812; 1988-2013. [provisional version of 1982 edition] (in Russian).

See also Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactive intermediates based on structure, Recommendations 1995, and Basic terminology of stereochemistry, IUPAC recommendations 1996 above.


Commission on Photochemistry

Recommended standards for reporting photochemical data, Pure Appl. Chem., 1984, 56, 939-944.

Glossary of terms used in photochemistry. IUPAC recommendations 1996, Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2223-2286.


Related Material

Nomenclature and Terminology of Fullerenes: A Preliminary Survey, Pure Appl. Chem., 1997, 69, 1411-1434.

Nomenclature recommendations from Division VIII (from 2002 replaces nomenclature commissions).


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