Revised Nomenclature for Radicals, Ions, Radical Ions and Related Species
(IUPAC Recommendations 1993)
Contents
- Preamble
- Introduction
- RC-80. Some general principles of IUPAC organic nomenclature used in these recommendations
- RC-80.1. Locants for suffixes
- RC-80.2. The subtractive suffixes "-ene", "-yne", etc., and hydro prefixes
- RC-80.3. Indicated hydrogen
- RC-80.4. All neutral substituents of radical or ionic parent hydrides
- RC-80.5. The operational suffixes "-ylene", "-ylidene" , and "-ylidyne"
- RC-80.6. Substituent acyl groups derived from organic acids
- RC-80.7. Sulfenic acid, selenenic acid, and related names
- RC-80.8. Substituent prefixes derived from acyclic parent hydrides
- RC-80.9. Systematic name for acyclic parent hydrides
- RC-80.9.1. Names for mononuclear parent hydrides
- RC-80.9.2. Polynuclear hydrocarbons
- RC-80.9.3. Names for polynuclear acyclic parent hydrides other than hydrocarbons
- RC-80.10. Radicofunctional nomenclature
- RC-80.11. Multiplicative nomenclature
- RC-81. Radicals
- RC-81.0. Introduction
- RC-81.1. Radical centers in parent hydrides
- RC-81.1.1. Monovalent radical centers in saturated acyclic and monocyclic hydrocarbons and the mononuclear EH4 parent hydrides of the carbon family
- RC-81.1.2. Monovalent radical centers in parent hydrides other than those described by RC-81.1.1
- RC-81.1.3. Divalent and trivalent radical centers
- RC-81.1.3.1. Carbones, carbynes, nitrenes, and silylenes
- RC-81.1.3.2. Divalent and trivalent radical centers other than those described by RC-81.1.3.1
- RC-81.1.3.3. The λ-convention
- RC-81.1.4. Nondetachable hydro prefixes vs. added (indicated) hydrogen
- RC-81.1.5. A number of trivial and abbreviated names
- RC-81.2. Radical centers on characteristic groups
- RC-81.2.1. Established or traditional names
- RC-81.2.2. Acyl radicals
- RC-81.2.3. Radical centers on nitrogen atoms of amine, imine, amide, or imide characteristic groups
- RC-81.2.4. Radical centers on oxygen atoms of acid, peroxy acid, hydroxy, or hydroperoxy characteristic groups
- RC-81.2.5. Radical centers on sulfur atoms of thio acid, thiol, or dithiohydroperoxy characteristic groups
- RC-81.2.6. Radical centers on other characteristic groups
- RC-81.3. Multiple radical centers
- RC-81.3.1. Polyradicals with radical centers on different skeletal atoms of parent hydrides or hydro derivatives
- RC-81.3.2. Assemblies of parent radicals
- RC-81.3.3. Other polyradicals
- RC-82. Cations
- RC-82.0. Introduction
- RC-82.1. Cationic compounds with cationic centers derived formally by the addition of hydrons
- RC-82.1.1. Cationic centers in parent hydrides
- RC-82.1.1.1. Monocationic mononuclear parent cations
- RC-82.1.1.2. Parent cations other than those described by RC-82.1.1.1
- RC-82.1.2. Cationic centers on characteristic groups
- RC-82.1.2.1. Cationic suffixes
- RC-82.1.2.2. Cationic centers on implied characteristic groups
- RC-82.1.2.2.1. Uronium ions and chalcogen analogs
- RC-82.1.2.2.2. Cationic centers on implied characteristic groups other than uronium ions or chalcogen analogs
- RC-82.1.2.3. Cationic centers on characteristic groups other than those given by Table 4 in RC-82.1.2.1
- RC-82.2. Cationic compounds with cationic centers derived formally by the loss of hydride ions
- RC-82.2.2. Cationic centers in parent hydrides
- RC-82.2.2.1. Monocationic centers in saturated acyclic and monocyclic hydrocarbons and the mononuclear EH4 parent hydrides of the carbon family
- RC-82.2.2.2. Cationic centers in parent hydrides other than those described by RC-82.2.2.1
- RC-82.2.2.3. Diazonium ions
- RC-82.2.2.4. Nondetachable hydro prefixes vs. added (indicated) hydrogen
- RC-82.2.2.5. A number of trivial and abbreviated names
- RC-82.2.3. Cationic centers on characteristic groups
- RC-82.2.3.1. Established or traditional names
- RC-82.2.3.2. Acylium ions
- RC-82.2.3.3. Monocationic centers on nitrogen atoms of amine, imine, amide, or imide characteristic groups
- RC-82.2.3.4. Cationic centers on oxygen atoms of acid, peroxy acid, hydroxy, or hydroperoxy characteristic groups
- RC-82.2.3.5. Cationic centers on sulfur atoms of thio acid, thiol, or dithiohydroperoxy characteristic groups
- RC-82.2.3.6. Cationic centers on other characteristic groups
- RC-82.3. Cationic heterocycles in which the cationic center results from skeletal bonding of a heteroatom
- RC-82.3.1. The λ-convention with "-ylium"
- RC-82.3.2. The following well-established contracted and trivial names
- RC-82.4. Replacement nomenclature for cations
- RC-82.5. Cationic compounds with multiple cationic centers
- RC-82.5.1. Polycations with cationic centers identically derived at two or more positions on the same parent hydride
- RC-82.5.2. "Ium" and "ylium" centers in the same parent hydride
- RC-82.5.3. Polycations with cationic centers identically derived by the addition of one hydron to each of two or more of the characteristic groups given by Table 4 in RC-82.1.2.1
- RC-82.5.4. Cationic characteristic groups on parent cations
- RC-82.5.5. Assemblies of parent cations
- RC-82.5.6. Other polycations with cationic centers on characteristic groups
- RC-82.5.7. Polycations derived from diimides and polyimides
- RC-82.5.8. Cationic centers in both parent compounds and substituent groups
- RC-82.5.8.1. Prefixes for expressing the mononuclear parent cations described by RC-82.1.1.1 an monovalent substituents
- RC-82.5.8.2. Prefixes for expressing monocationic polynuclear parent hydrides with the free valence at a heteroatomic cationic center
- RC-82.5.8.3. Systematically derived prefixes for expressing cationic structural units as substituents
- RC-82.5.8.4. Choice of parent cationic structure
- RC-83. Anions
- RC-83.0. Introduction
- RC-83.1. Anionic compounds with anionic centers derived formally by removal of hydrons
- RC-83.1.1. Radicofunctional names
- RC-83.1.2. Anionic centers in parent hydrides
- RC-83.1.3. Anionic centers on chalcogen atoms of acid characteristic groups
- RC-83.1.4. Anionic centers on hydroxy characteristic groups and their chalcogen analogs
- RC-83.1.4.1. Anions from C1 - C4 acyclic alcohols, phenols, or hydroxylamine
- RC-83.1.4.2. Anions from hydroxy groups other than those described by RC-83.1.4.1 and chalcogen analogs of all hydroxy groups
- RC-83.1.5. Monoanionic centers on the nitrogen atom of an amino characteristic group
- RC-83.1.6. Anionic centers on other characteristic groups
- RC-83.2. Anionic compounds with anionic centers derived formally by the addition of a hydride ion
- RC-83.3. Replacement nomenclature for anions
- RC-83.4. Multiple anionic centers
- RC-83.4.1. Polyanions identically derived at different positions on the same parent hydride
- RC-83.4.2. "Ide" and "uide" centers in the same parent hydride
- RC-83.4.3. Polyanions identically derived from hydroxy characteristic groups or chalcogen analogs
- RC-83.4.4. Anionic characteristic groups on anionic parent hydrides
- RC-83.4.5. Assemblies of parent anions
- RC-83.4.6. Other polyanions with anionic centers on characteristic groups
- RC-83.4.7. Anionic centers in both parent compounds and substituent groups
- RC-83.4.7.1. Prefixes for anionic centers derived from acid characteristic groups
- RC-83.4.7.2. Prefixes for anionic chalcogen atoms
- RC-83.4.7.3. Systematically derived prefixes for expressing anionic structural units as substituents
- RC-83.4.7.4. Choice of parent anionic structure
- RC-84. Cationic and anionic centers in a single structure
- RC-84.1. Zwitterionic compounds having equal numbers of cationic and anionic centers in the same parent compound
- RC-84.1.1. Zwitterionic parent hydrides
- RC-84.1.2. Zwitterionic parent compounds with at least one ionic center on a characteristic group expressible as a suffix
- RC-84.2. Prefixes for zwitterionic parent hydrides as substituents
- RC-84.3. Ionic centers not in the same parent structure
- RC-85. Radical ions
- RC-85.0. Introduction
- RC-85.1. Descriptive names
- RC-85.2. Radical ions derived from parent hydrides
- RC-85.3. Radical ions on characteristic groups
- RC-85.3.1. Radical ions on ionic suffix groups
- RC-85.3.2. Radical ions on characteristic groups other than those described by RC-85.3.1
- RC-85.4. Ionic and radical centers in different parent structures
- References
- Appendix: Trivial and Abbreviated Names for Compounds with Radical Centers on Carbon Atoms
- List A. Names retained in "A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds", Recommendations 1993
- List B. Names not retained in "A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds", Recommendations 1993, but included in the 1979 IUPAC Organic Rules
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