Literature
The standard IUPAC manual on systematic Nomenclature of Organic
Chemistry 1 has recently been supplemented by a "Guide" promulgating
current developments in this domain 2 • A wealth of excellent illustrative
material concerning the application of systematic nomenclature to ring
compounds is presented in the Ring Index 3 • Important topical revisions
and extensions of the nomenclature for fused rings 4, von Baeyer polycyclesS, spiro compounds 6, and cyclophanes 7 complement the older compendia. Since in the framework of the registry and index systems of Chemical
Abstracts not only unambiguous but to a much greater extent unique
names are required, further subtilizations and extensions of the IUPAC
rules have been effectuated there. Details are given in the so-called Index
Guides attached to the respective five-year indexes 8. The same holds for the
particular interpretations of the IUPAC rules in Beilstein's Handbook
of Organic Chemistry - regrettably these are not generally accessible.
Detailed rules for the nomenclature of biochemistry and natural products
have recently been reissued 9 • Extensive instructions for naming metaland metalloid-organic compounds can be found in the updated rules of
Inorganic Nomenclature 10 as well as in a very recent compilation in Pure
and Applied Chemistry 11. Also very recent is a new, thoroughly revised edition of the nomenclature recommendations for carbohydrates 12. All new
developments and revisions in the area of chemical nomenclature worked
out by the IUPAC nomenclature commissions are routinely published in
the Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Closely related to systematic nomenclature are the IUPAC treatises on
class names 13 and the terminology of stereochemistry 14, an authoritative
article by G. Helmchen dealing exhaustively with all questions relevant to
stereochemical notations 15 and a monograph on general chemical terminology l6. An extensive treatise on status and usage of the language of
chemistry has been presented by W. Liebscher 17. Anyone interested in pertinent historical developments can find abundant information in the
books written by W. Holland and edited by V. M. Kisakiirek 18 as well as in
the collection of articles and documents on the history of organic chemical nomenclature by P. E. Verkade, for many years chairman of the IUPAC
The standard IUPAC manual on systematic Nomenclature of Organic
Chemistry 1 has recently been supplemented by a "Guide" promulgating
current developments in this domain 2 • A wealth of excellent illustrative
material concerning the application of systematic nomenclature to ring
compounds is presented in the Ring Index 3 • Important topical revisions
and extensions of the nomenclature for fused rings 4, von Baeyer polycyclesS, spiro compounds 6, and cyclophanes 7 complement the older compendia. Since in the framework of the registry and index systems of Chemical
Abstracts not only unambiguous but to a much greater extent unique
names are required, further subtilizations and extensions of the IUPAC
rules have been effectuated there. Details are given in the so-called Index
Guides attached to the respective five-year indexes 8. The same holds for the
particular interpretations of the IUPAC rules in Beilstein's Handbook
of Organic Chemistry - regrettably these are not generally accessible.
Detailed rules for the nomenclature of biochemistry and natural products
have recently been reissued 9 • Extensive instructions for naming metaland metalloid-organic compounds can be found in the updated rules of
Inorganic Nomenclature 10 as well as in a very recent compilation in Pure
and Applied Chemistry 11. Also very recent is a new, thoroughly revised edition of the nomenclature recommendations for carbohydrates 12. All new
developments and revisions in the area of chemical nomenclature worked
out by the IUPAC nomenclature commissions are routinely published in
the Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Closely related to systematic nomenclature are the IUPAC treatises on
class names 13 and the terminology of stereochemistry 14, an authoritative
article by G. Helmchen dealing exhaustively with all questions relevant to
stereochemical notations 15 and a monograph on general chemical terminology l6. An extensive treatise on status and usage of the language of
chemistry has been presented by W. Liebscher 17. Anyone interested in pertinent historical developments can find abundant information in the
books written by W. Holland and edited by V. M. Kisakiirek 18 as well as in
the collection of articles and documents on the history of organic chemical nomenclature by P. E. Verkade, for many years chairman of the IUPAC