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Nomenclature and Symbolism


IUPAC Publications on Nomenclature and Symbolism
1.0 Compilations

1.1 - Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

1.2 - A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

1.3 - Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry

1.4 - Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry II

1.5 - Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents

1.6 - Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature

1.7 - Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature

1.8 - Compendium of Chemical Terminology: IUPAC Recommendations

1.9 - Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry


2.0 Documents not included in the compilations

2.1 - Nomenclature of Elements and Compounds

2.2 - Terminology, Symbols and Units, and Presentation of Results


1.1 Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry


A 550-page hardcover volume published in 1979 by Pergamon, Oxford.

  • Section A: Hydrocarbons
  • Section B: Fundamental heterocyclic systems
  • Section C: Characteristic groups containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, halogen, sulfur, selenium and tellurium
  • Section D: Organic compounds containing elements not exclusively those referred to in the title of Section C
  • Section E: Stereochemistry
  • Section F: General principles for the naming of natural products and related compounds (superseded by 1999 document)
  • Section H: Isotopically modified compounds