Brief guide to the nomenclature of organic chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report)

2020/02/24 by Karl‐Heinz Hellwich, Richard M. Hartshorn, Andrey Yerin +2 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Chemistry · #Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies #History and advancements in chemistry #Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

paper · pdf · doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0104

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Abstract

Abstract This IUPAC Technical Report is one of a series that seeks to distil the essentials of IUPAC nomenclature recommendations. The present report provides a succinct summary of material presented in the publication Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry – IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 . The content of this report will be republished and disseminated as a four-sided lift-out document (see supplementary information) which will be available for inclusion in textbooks and similar publications.

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