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This World Wide Web site is intended primarily to provide information on IUPAC nomenclature recommendations. The full text version of documents will be converted into a Web readable form which may also involve some reorganisation to facilitate presentation. As the author has been primarily involved in the preparation of organic and biochemical material most work will be in that field. Other material will be provided as it becomes available, either from this site or by links to other locations.

I am also preparing a list of all translations of IUPAC nomenclature recommendations. While I can identify many, I have only limited access to journals published in languages other than the main European languages. Likewise translations of the IUPAC nomenclature books are not readily available to me. Anyone able to help me with additional translations please contact me by e-mail at g.p.moss@qmul.ac.uk

There are listed below details, in chronological order, how this IUPAC Web site was developed and future plans for its extension. Any suggestions for recommendations which should be added please e-mail g.p.moss@qmul.ac.uk

Added 1 March 2024
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 6 December 2023 updated 18 December
Version 3 of the PDF of Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred IUPAC Names 2013), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, Edited by H A Favre and W H Powell.

Added 6 December 2023
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 13 November 2023
JCBN Newsletter 2023

Added 26 July 2023
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 19 December 2022
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 9 August 2022
Graphical Representation Standards for Chemical Structure Diagrams (IUPAC Recommendations 2008), Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, 80, 277-410.

Added 6 July 2022
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 24 June 2022
More translations of the Brief Guides to Inorganic, Organic and Polymer Chemical Nomenclature

Added 1 June 2022
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 19 May 2022
Atomic Weight of the Elements 2021, based on Pure Appl. Chem., 2022, 94.

Added 28 April 2022
Graphic Representation of Stereochemical Configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006), Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, 78, 1897-1970.

Added 1 April 2022
Version 2 of the PDF of Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred IUPAC Names 2013), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, Edited by H A Favre and W H Powell.

Added 16 February 2022
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 19 November 2021

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 15 October 2021

IUPAC-IUBMB Nomenclature of Flavonoids Recommendations 2017, Pure Appl. Chem., 2018, 90(9), 1429-1486.

Added 21 June 2021

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 17 May 2021

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred IUPAC Names 2013), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, Edited by H A Favre and W H Powell. [ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4] contents list and errata and web version incorporating all changes and corrections.

Added 8 April 2021

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 24 November 2020

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 11 August 2020

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 6 June 2020

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 17 April 2020

IUPAC Brief Guide to Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Added 17 February 2020

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 5 December 2019

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 4 October 2019

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 23 July 2019

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 20 May 2019

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 27 February 2019

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 20 December 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 2 November 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 22 September 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Addition of new class EC 7 Translocases new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 August 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 28 August 2018

IUPAC Brief Guide to Polymer Nomenclature

IUPAC Brief Guide to Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry


Added 11 August 2018

IUPAC 2017 table of atomic weights


Added 28 June 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 21 May 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 March 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 20 February 2018

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 15 December 2017

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 13 October 2017

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 7 June 2017

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 12 March 2017

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 4 December 2016

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 28 September 2016

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 August 2016

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 April 2016

IUPAC 2013 table of atomic weights and elements 113, 115, 117, 118


Added 17 March 2016

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 November 2015

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 21 August 2015

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 30 April 2015

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 23 December 2014

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 14 October 2014

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 24 June 2014

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 17 February 2014

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 January 2014

Corrections to Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, 2014.


Added 15 January 2014

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 234 countries, 15000000 users. Usage for 2013 by country and document.


Added 9 December 2013

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 22 October 2013

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 25 September 2013

IUPAC 2013 table of atomic weights


Added 24 July 2013

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 5 June 2013

IUPAC 2011 table of atomic weights


Added 8 May 2013

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 5 February 2013

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 23 January 2013

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 234 countries, 13800000 users. Usage for 2012 by country and document.


Added 9 November 2012

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 5 September 2012

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 11 June 2012

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 3 April 2012

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 27 February 2012

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 5 February 2012

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 233 countries, 12700000 users. Usage for 2011 by country and document.


Added 4 December 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 19 October 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 3 September 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 13 July 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 22 May 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 6 April 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 1 March 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 20 January 2011

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 16 January 2011

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 233 countries, 11700000 users. Usage for 2010 by country and document.


Added 28 December 2010

IUPAC 2009 table of atomic weights


Added 10 December 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 9 November 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 20 September 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 10 August 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 14 July 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 8 June 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 6 April 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 8 March 2010

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 18 January 2010

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 226 countries, 10700000 users. Usage for 2009 by country and document.


Added 24 November, 8 December 2009

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 1, 11 November 2009

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 3 July 2009

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 18 June 2009

Draft revised version: Recommendations for Terminology and Databases for Biochemical Thermodynamics (Recommendations 2009).
Added 14 March 2009

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 29 January 2009

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 212 countries, 9650000 users. Usage for 2008 by country and document.


Added 19 January 2009

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 11, 26 June, 29 July, 14 August, 13, 17 September, 15 November, 1 December, 22 December, 2008

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 22 April, 2008

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 8 February, 2008

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 25 January 2008

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 208 countries, 8480000 users. Usage for 2007 by country and document.


Added 20 December2007

Corrections to Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations 2005
Added 6 July, 2007 to 17 November, 2007

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.



Added 23 January, 2007 to 1 May, 2007

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.



Added 29 January, 2007

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 206 countries, 6730000 users. Usage for 2006 by country and document.


Added 25 October, 2006 to 11 December, 2006

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.



Added 22 September, 2006

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 24 July, 2006

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.



Added 20 March, 2006

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.



Added 10 January, 2006

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 200 countries, 5210000 users. Usage for 2005 by country and document.


Added 5 December, 2005

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new protein kinase enzymes and corrections.


Added 2 November, 2005

IUPAC. Agreed changes for 2005 to table of atomic weights from Chem.Int. 27 18 (2005).


Added 29 September, 2005

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new bile acid enzymes and corrections.


Added 12 September, 2005

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 27 July, 2005

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 May, 2005

IUPAC Numbering of Fullerenes (IUPAC Recommendations 2004), Pure Appl. Chem., 2005, 77, 843-923.


Added 21 March, 2005

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 4 March, 2005

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 January, 2005

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 190 countries, 3930000 users. Usage for 2004 by country and document.

IUPAC. Proposed name and symbol for element 111 added to table of atomic weights and periodic table.


Added 20 September, 2004

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 16 August, 2004

IUPAC Revised Section F: Natural Products and Related Compounds" in Pure Appl. Chem. 1999, 71, 587-643, Corrections and Modifications (2004), Pure Appl. Chem., 2004, 76, 1283-1292.


Added 24 May, 2004

IUPAC/IUBMB Newsletter 2004


Added 17 May, 2004

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 5 February, 2004

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 9 January, 2004

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 181 countries, 2870000 users. Usage for 2003 by country and document.


Added 4 January, 2004

IUPAC Nomenclature of Regular Single-Strand Organic Polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2002) Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 1921-1956.


Added 18 October, 2003

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections in two files:    EC 1 and   EC 2 to EC 6


Added 15 July, 2003

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new peptidases and corrections


Added 3 June, 2003

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections in two files:    EC 1 and   EC 2 to EC 6


Added 29 April, 2003

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.


Added 23 February, 2003

IUPAC. Proposed name and symbol for element 110 added to table of atomic weights and periodic table.


Added 13 January, 2003

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 174 countries, 1870000 users. Usage for 2002 by country and document.


Added 11 December, 2002

Nomenclature for the C60-Ih and C70-D5h(6) Fullerenes.IUPAC Recommendations 2002, Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 629-695.


Added 11 November, 2002

IUBMB Membrane Transport Proteins, Recommendations 2002.


Added 1 November, 2002

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections in four files:    EC 1,   EC 2.1 to EC 2.4,   EC 2.5 to EC 2.8,   EC 3 to EC 6


Added 23 April, 2002

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 23 January, 2002

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 18 January, 2002

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 163 countries, nearly 1080000 users.


Added 16 November, 2001

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 7 November, 2001

IUPAC. Agreed changes for 2001 to table of atomic weights from from Chem. Internat. 2001, 23, 179.


Added 15 August, 2001

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 30 July, 2001

IUPAC. Updated table of atomic weights to 1999 values Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, 73, 667-683.


Added 29 May, 2001

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new peptidases and corrections and other new enzymes and corrections.


Added 30 April, 2001

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 152 countries, nearly 702000 users.


Added 13 March, 2001

IUPAC-IUB The nomenclature of tetrapyrroles. Recommendations 1986, Eur. J. Biochem., 1988, 178, 277-328; Pure Appl. Chem., 1987, 59, 779-832; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 278-329.


Added 14 February, 2001

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of quinones with isoprenoid side chains (1973), Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1974, 165, 1-5; Biochem. J., 1975, 147, 15-21; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1975, 387, 397-401; Eur. J. Biochem., 1975, 53, 15-18; Pure Appl. Chem., 1974, 38, 439-447; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 222-225.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 8 January, 2001

IUPAC-IUBMB Nomenclature of Lignans and Neolignans Recommendations 2000, Pure Appl. Chem., 2000, 72, 1493-1523.

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 145 countries, 558000 users. Usage for 2000 by country and document.


Added 1 November, 2000

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Supplement 6 (2000) [Additional new peptidases (EC 3.4), and other new enzymes ]

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 9 October, 2000

IUBMB Prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation factors. Recommendations 1995 Biochimie 1996, 78, 1119-1122.


Added 14 August, 2000

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds of Biochemical Importance Recommendations 1976, Biochem. J., 1978, 171, 1-19; Eur. J. Biochem., 1977, 79, 1-9; Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem., 1977, 358, 599-616; Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 1977, 74, 2222-2230; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 256-264.


Added 8 August, 2000

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Additional EC 3 Hydrolase enzymes (EC 3.1 to EC 3.3) EC 3 now complete.


Added 4 July, 2000

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 132 countries, 376000 users.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Additional EC 3 Hydrolase enzymes (EC 3.5 to EC 3.12).


Added 30 June, 2000

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 5 Isomerase enzymes.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 6 Ligase enzymes.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Supplement 6 (2000) [ ATPases (EC 3.6), new peptidases (EC 3.4), other new enzymes ]

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections: peptidases (EC 3.4) and other enzymes.


Added 19 June, 2000

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 4 Lyase enzymes.


Added 3 June, 2000

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 2 Transferase enzymes completed.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 3 Hydrolase enzymes (to be completed).


Added 15 May, 2000

IUPAC-IUB Abbreviated nomenclature of synthetic polypeptides - Polymerised amino acids (1971), Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1972, 151, 597-602; Biochem. J., 1972, 127, 753-756; Biochemistry, 1972, 11, 942-944; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1972, 278, 211-217; Biopolymers, 1972, 11, 321-327; Eur. J. Biochem., 1972, 26, 301-304; J. Biol. Chem., 1972, 247, 323-325; Pure Appl. Chem., 1978, 33, 437-444; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 70-72.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of vitamin D. Recommendations 1981, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1982, 218, 342-346; Endokrinol. Inform., 1982(2), 53-62; Eur. J. Biochem., 1982, 124, 223-227; Mol. Cell. Biochem., 1982, 49, 177-181; Pure Appl. Chem., 1982, 54, 1511-1516; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 242-246.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of carotenoids (1970) and amendments (1974), Biochem. J., 1972, 127, 741-752; 1975, 151, 5-7; Biochemistry, 1971, 10, 4827-4837; 1975, 14, 1803; Eur. J. Biochem., 1972, 25, 397-408; 1975, 57, 317-318; J. Biol. Chem., 1972, 247, 2633-2643; Pure Appl. Chem., 1975, 41, 405-431; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 226-238.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of retinoids. Recommendations 1981, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1983, 224, 728-731; Eur. J. Biochem., 1982, 129, 1-5; J. Biol. Chem., 1983, 258, 5329-5333; Pure Appl. Chem., 1983, 55, 721-726; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 247-251.

IUB Nomenclature of electron-transport proteins. Recommendations 1989, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1991, 1060, vii-xix; Eur. J. Biochem., 1991, 200, 599-611 (correction 1993, 213, 2-3); J. Biol. Chem. 1992, 267, 665-677; Enzyme Nomenclature 1992, p. 534-561.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of peptide hormones (1974), Biochem. J., 1975, 151, 1-4; Biochemistry, 1975, 14, 2559-2560; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1975, 404, 152-155; Eur. J. Biochem., 1975, 55, 485-486; J. Biol. Chem., 1975, 250, 3215-3216; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 82-83.


Added 5 April, 2000

Link to IUPAC Gold Book, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Second edition, 1997. Edited by A D McNaught and A Wilkinson. (pdf output)

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Historical Introduction and Classification and Nomenclature of Enzymes.


Added 22 March, 2000

IUPAC Revised nomenclature for radicals, ions, radical ions and related species. Pure Appl. Chem., 1993, 65, 1357-1455.


Added 28 February, 2000

Updated table of atomic weights to 1997 values Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 1593-1607.


Added 19 January, 2000

Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 130 countries, 271000 users.


Added 4 January, 2000

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 2 Transferase enzymes (to be completed)


Added 19 May 2022
Atomic Weight of the Elements 2021, based on Pure Appl. Chem., 2022, 94.

Added 28 April 2022
Graphic Representation of Stereochemical Configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006), Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, 78, 1897-1970.

Added 1 April 2022
Version 2 of the PDF of Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred IUPAC Names 2013), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, Edited by H A Favre and W H Powell.

Added 16 February 2022
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 19 November 2021
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 15 October 2021
IUPAC-IUBMB Nomenclature of Flavonoids Recommendations 2017, Pure Appl. Chem., 2018, 90(9), 1429-1486.

Added 21 June 2021
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 17 May 2021
Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred IUPAC Names 2013), Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, Edited by H A Favre and W H Powell. [ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4] contents list and errata and web version incorporating all changes and corrections.

Added 8 April 2021
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 24 November 2020
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 11 August 2020
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 6 June 2020
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 17 April 2020
IUPAC Brief Guide to Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Added 17 February 2020
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 5 December 2019
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 4 October 2019
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 23 July 2019
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 20 May 2019
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 27 February 2019
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 20 December 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 2 November 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 22 September 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Addition of new class EC 7 Translocases new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 August 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

Added 28 August 2018
IUPAC Brief Guide to Polymer Nomenclature

IUPAC Brief Guide to Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry


Added 11 August 2018
IUPAC 2017 table of atomic weights


Added 28 June 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 21 May 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 March 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 20 February 2018
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 15 December 2017
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 13 October 2017
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 7 June 2017
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 12 March 2017
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 4 December 2016
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 28 September 2016
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 August 2016
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 April 2016
IUPAC 2013 table of atomic weights and elements 113, 115, 117, 118


Added 17 March 2016
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 November 2015
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 21 August 2015
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 30 April 2015
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 23 December 2014
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 14 October 2014
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 24 June 2014
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 17 February 2014
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 29 January 2014
Corrections to Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, 2014.


Added 15 January 2014
Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 234 countries, 15000000 users. Usage for 2013 by country and document.


Added 9 December 2013
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 22 October 2013
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 25 September 2013
IUPAC 2013 table of atomic weights


Added 24 July 2013
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 5 June 2013
IUPAC 2011 table of atomic weights


Added 8 May 2013
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 5 February 2013
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
Added 23 January 2013
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IUPAC 2009 table of atomic weights


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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
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Draft revised version: Recommendations for Terminology and Databases for Biochemical Thermodynamics (Recommendations 2009).
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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.
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Added 20 December2007
Corrections to Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations 2005
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Added 5 December, 2005
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new protein kinase enzymes and corrections.


Added 2 November, 2005
IUPAC. Agreed changes for 2005 to table of atomic weights from Chem.Int. 27 18 (2005).


Added 29 September, 2005
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new bile acid enzymes and corrections.


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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 27 July, 2005
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 10 May, 2005
IUPAC Numbering of Fullerenes (IUPAC Recommendations 2004), Pure Appl. Chem., 2005, 77, 843-923.


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IUPAC. Proposed name and symbol for element 111 added to table of atomic weights and periodic table.


Added 20 September, 2004
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Added 16 August, 2004
IUPAC Revised Section F: Natural Products and Related Compounds" in Pure Appl. Chem. 1999, 71, 587-643, Corrections and Modifications (2004), Pure Appl. Chem., 2004, 76, 1283-1292.


Added 24 May, 2004
IUPAC/IUBMB Newsletter 2004


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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 9 January, 2004
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Added 4 January, 2004
IUPAC Nomenclature of Regular Single-Strand Organic Polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2002) Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 1921-1956.


Added 18 October, 2003
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections in two files:    EC 1 and   EC 2 to EC 6


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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new peptidases and corrections


Added 3 June, 2003
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections in two files:    EC 1 and   EC 2 to EC 6


Added 29 April, 2003
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.


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IUPAC. Proposed name and symbol for element 110 added to table of atomic weights and periodic table.


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Added 11 December, 2002
Nomenclature for the C60-Ih and C70-D5h(6) Fullerenes.IUPAC Recommendations 2002, Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 629-695.


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IUBMB Membrane Transport Proteins, Recommendations 2002.


Added 1 November, 2002
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Added 23 April, 2002
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IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


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IUPAC. Agreed changes for 2001 to table of atomic weights from Chem. Internat. 2001, 23, 179.


Added 15 August, 2001
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Added 30 July, 2001
IUPAC. Updated table of atomic weights to 1999 values Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, 73, 667-683.


Added 29 May, 2001
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new peptidases and corrections and other new enzymes and corrections.


Added 30 April, 2001
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Added 13 March, 2001
IUPAC-IUB The nomenclature of tetrapyrroles. Recommendations 1986, Eur. J. Biochem., 1988, 178, 277-328; Pure Appl. Chem., 1987, 59, 779-832; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 278-329.


Added 14 February, 2001
IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of quinones with isoprenoid side chains (1973), Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1974, 165, 1-5; Biochem. J., 1975, 147, 15-21; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1975, 387, 397-401; Eur. J. Biochem., 1975, 53, 15-18; Pure Appl. Chem., 1974, 38, 439-447; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 222-225.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 8 January, 2001
IUPAC-IUBMB Nomenclature of Lignans and Neolignans Recommendations 2000, Pure Appl. Chem., 2000, 72, 1493-1523.

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Added 1 November, 2000
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Supplement 6 (2000) [Additional new peptidases (EC 3.4), and other new enzymes ]

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections.


Added 9 October, 2000
IUBMB Prokaryotic and eukaryotic translation factors. Recommendations 1995 Biochimie 1996, 78, 1119-1122.


Added 14 August, 2000
IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of Phosphorus-Containing Compounds of Biochemical Importance Recommendations 1976, Biochem. J., 1978, 171, 1-19; Eur. J. Biochem., 1977, 79, 1-9; Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem., 1977, 358, 599-616; Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 1977, 74, 2222-2230; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 256-264.


Added 8 August, 2000
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Additional EC 3 Hydrolase enzymes (EC 3.1 to EC 3.3) EC 3 now complete.


Added 4 July, 2000
Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 132 countries, 376000 users.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Additional EC 3 Hydrolase enzymes (EC 3.5 to EC 3.12).


Added 30 June, 2000
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 5 Isomerase enzymes.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 6 Ligase enzymes.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Supplement 6 (2000) [ ATPases (EC 3.6), new peptidases (EC 3.4), other new enzymes ]

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Proposed additional new enzymes and corrections: peptidases (EC 3.4) and other enzymes.


Added 19 June, 2000
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 4 Lyase enzymes.


Added 3 June, 2000
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 2 Transferase enzymes completed.

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 3 Hydrolase enzymes (to be completed).


Added 15 May, 2000
IUPAC-IUB Abbreviated nomenclature of synthetic polypeptides - Polymerised amino acids (1971), Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1972, 151, 597-602; Biochem. J., 1972, 127, 753-756; Biochemistry, 1972, 11, 942-944; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1972, 278, 211-217; Biopolymers, 1972, 11, 321-327; Eur. J. Biochem., 1972, 26, 301-304; J. Biol. Chem., 1972, 247, 323-325; Pure Appl. Chem., 1978, 33, 437-444; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 70-72.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of vitamin D. Recommendations 1981, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1982, 218, 342-346; Endokrinol. Inform., 1982(2), 53-62; Eur. J. Biochem., 1982, 124, 223-227; Mol. Cell. Biochem., 1982, 49, 177-181; Pure Appl. Chem., 1982, 54, 1511-1516; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 242-246.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of carotenoids (1970) and amendments (1974), Biochem. J., 1972, 127, 741-752; 1975, 151, 5-7; Biochemistry, 1971, 10, 4827-4837; 1975, 14, 1803; Eur. J. Biochem., 1972, 25, 397-408; 1975, 57, 317-318; J. Biol. Chem., 1972, 247, 2633-2643; Pure Appl. Chem., 1975, 41, 405-431; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 226-238.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of retinoids. Recommendations 1981, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1983, 224, 728-731; Eur. J. Biochem., 1982, 129, 1-5; J. Biol. Chem., 1983, 258, 5329-5333; Pure Appl. Chem., 1983, 55, 721-726; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 247-251.

IUB Nomenclature of electron-transport proteins. Recommendations 1989, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1991, 1060, vii-xix; Eur. J. Biochem., 1991, 200, 599-611 (correction 1993, 213, 2-3); J. Biol. Chem. 1992, 267, 665-677; Enzyme Nomenclature 1992, p. 534-561.

IUPAC-IUB Nomenclature of peptide hormones (1974), Biochem. J., 1975, 151, 1-4; Biochemistry, 1975, 14, 2559-2560; Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1975, 404, 152-155; Eur. J. Biochem., 1975, 55, 485-486; J. Biol. Chem., 1975, 250, 3215-3216; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 82-83.


Added 5 April, 2000
Link to IUPAC Gold Book, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Second edition, 1997. Edited by A D McNaught and A Wilkinson. (pdf output)

IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Historical Introduction and Classification and Nomenclature of Enzymes.


Added 22 March, 2000
IUPAC Revised nomenclature for radicals, ions, radical ions and related species. Pure Appl. Chem., 1993, 65, 1357-1455.


Added 28 February, 2000
Updated table of atomic weights to 1997 values Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 1593-1607.


Added 19 January, 2000
Updated map showing ranked order of usage for this database per million population - 130 countries, 271000 users.


Added 4 January, 2000
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations 1992, Details of all EC 2 Transferase enzymes (to be completed)


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