Phane Nomenclature

Part I: Phane Parent Names

Composition of the Working Group on New Principles (1987-1997): F. Cozzi, H. Favre, H. Grünewald, D. Hellwinkel (Convener, 1987-1993), K. Hirayama, M. A. C. Kaplan, M. V. Kisakürek (Convener, 1993-1997), W. H. Powell, R. Panico, J. G. Traynham, O. Weissbach (Coordinator).

These Rules are as close as possible to the published version [see W H Powell Pure Appl. Chem., 1998, 70, 1513-1545. Copyright IUPAC; reproduced with the permission of IUPAC]. If you need to cite these rules please quote this reference as their source. A PDF of the printed version is available.

For a German translation see Angew. Chem., 2006, 118, 3967-3984.

In translating the documentinto German some errors were detected. The changes have been marked by which is a link to details of the change and where it applies. For problems in converting the text into a World Wide Web version see the IUPAC Nomenclature home page.

Any comments, corrections or suggestions for a future edition should be e-mailed to g.p.moss@qmul.ac.uk

See also Part II: Modification of the Degree of Hydrogenation and Substitution Derivatives of Phane Parent Hydrides

• Synopsis

• Preamble

• Introduction

• Recommendations

• PhI-1. Concepts and Terminology
  • PhI-1.1. Simplification and Amplification
  • PhI-1.2. Simplified Skeleton of the Phane Parent Hydride, Simplified Phane Parent Graph, Simplified Skeletal Name, and Skeletal Locants
  • PhI-1.3. Superatom and Superatom Locant
  • PhI-1.4. Amplificant, Amplification Prefix, and Amplificant Locant
  • PhI-1.5. Attachment Atom and Attachment Locant
  • PhI-1.6. Phane Parent Skeleton, Phane Parent Name, and Phane Parent Hydride

• PhI-2. Components of Phane Parent Names
  • PhI-2.1. Simplified Skeletal Names
    • PhI-2.1.1. Unbranched Acyclic Simplified Skeletons
    • PhI-2.1.2. Monocyclic Simplified Skeletons
    • PhI-2.1.3. Multicyclic Simplified Skeletons without Free Spiro Nodes
    • PhI-2.1.4. Multicyclic Simplified Skeletons with Spiro Nodes but No Bridgehead Nodes
      • PhI-2.1.4.1. Monospiro Simplified Skeletons
      • PhI-2.1.4.2. Linear Unbranched Multispiro Simplified Skeletons
  • PhI-2.2. Amplification Prefixes
    • PhI-2.2.1. Parent Hydride Names for Deriving Amplification Prefix Names
    • PhI-2.2.2. Formation of Amplification Prefix Names
    • PhI-2.2.3. Order of Citation of Amplification Prefixes
    • PhI-2.2.4. Multiple Identical Amplificants
  • PhI-2.3. Superatom Locants and Amplificant Attachment Locants
    • PhI-2.3.1. Superatom Locants
    • PhI-2.3.2. Attachment Locants

• PhI-3. Numbering of Phane Parent Hydrides
  • PhI-3.1. Numbering of Phane Parent Skeletons and Amplificants
  • PhI-3.2. Numbering of Simplified Phane Skeletons with Respect to Amplificant Numbering
  • PhI-3.3. Numbering of Phane Parent Hydrides

• PhI-4. Skeletal Replacement ("a") Nomenclature in Phane Nomenclature
  • PhI-4.1. Name Construction
  • PhI-4.2. Skeletal Replacement ("a") Nomenclature in Simplified Skeletal Names
  • PhI-4.3. Skeletal Replacement ("a") Nomenclature in Amplificants
  • PhI-4.4. Simultaneous Skeletal Replacement in Amplificants and Simplified Skeletal Names
  • PhI-4.5. Numbering of Heterophane Parent Hydrides with Respect to Heteroatoms Described by Skeletal Replacement ("a") Nomenclature

• PhI-5. Guide to Construction of Phane Parent Hydride Names

• References

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