Nomenclature and Symbolism

2.1 Nomenclature of Elements and Compounds

Aluminium Silicon Oxide Nitrides. 

• Terminology for compounds in the Si-Al-O-N system (Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 1765)   

Boron Compounds. 

• Nomenclature of inorganic boron compounds (Pure Appl. Chem., 1972, 30, 681).   

Carbohydrates. 

• Nomenclature of carbohydrates (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 1919)
• Nomenclature of glycolipids (Pure Appl. Chem., 1997, 69, 2475).   

Carbon. 

• Nomenclature and terminology of graphite intercalation compounds (Pure Appl. Chem., 1994, 66, 1893).
• Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (Pure Appl. Chem., 1995, 67, 473).   

Class Names. 

• Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactive intermediates based on structure (Pure Appl. Chem., 1995, 67, 1307).   

Delta Convention. 

• Nomenclature for cyclic organic compounds with contiguous formal double bonds (Pure Appl. Chem., 1988, 60, 1395).   

Elements. 

• Names and symbols of transfermium elements (Pure Appl. Chem., 1997, 69, 2471).
• Naming of new elements (Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 787).
• Name and symbol of the element with atomic number 110 (Pure Appl. Chem., 2003, 75, 1613)   

Enzymes. 

• Enzyme Nomenclature (1992), published by Academic Press in hardcover and softcover editions.   

Fullerenes. 

• Nomenclature and terminology of fullerenes: a preliminary study (Pure Appl. Chem., 1997, 69, 1411).
• Nomenclature for the C60-Ih and C70-D5h(6) fullerenes (Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 629).   

Hydrogen. 

• Names for hydrogen atoms, ions and groups, and for reactions involving them (Pure Appl. Chem., 1988, 60, 1115).
• Names for muonium and hydrogen atoms and their ions (Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, 73, 377).   

Lambda Convention. 

• Treatment of variable valence in organic nomenclature (Pure Appl. Chem., 1984, 56, 769)   

Lignans. 

• Nomenclature of lignans and neolignans (Pure Appl. Chem., 2000, 72, 1493).   

Natural Products. 

• Revised Section F: natural products and related compounds (Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 587).   

Numerical Terms. 

• Extension of Rules A-1.1 and A-2.5 concerning numerical terms used in organic chemical nomenclature (Pure Appl. Chem., 1986, 58, 1693).   

Organic Rings. 

• Revision of the extended Hantzsch-Widman system of nomenclature for heteromonocycles (Pure Appl. Chem., 1983, 55, 409).
• Nomenclature of fused and bridged fused ring systems (Pure Appl. Chem., 1998, 70, 143).
• Extension and revision of the von Baeyer system for naming polycyclic compounds (including bicyclic compounds) (Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 513).
• Extension and revision of the nomenclature for spiro com-pounds (Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 531).   

Organometallic Chemistry. 

• Nomenclature of organometallic compounds of the transition elements (Pure Appl. Chem., 1999, 71, 1557).   

Phanes. 

• Phane nomenclature. Part I. Phane parent names (Pure Appl. Chem., 1998, 70, 1513).
• Phane nomenclature. Part II. Modification of the degree of hydrogenation and substitution derivatives of phane parent hydrides (Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 809).   

Polymers. 

• Nomenclature of regular double-strand (ladder and spiro) organic polymers (Pure Appl. Chem., 1993, 65, 1561).
• Structure-based nomenclature for irregular single-strand organic polymers (Pure Appl. Chem., 1994, 66, 873).
• Source-based nomenclature for non-linear macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies (Pure Appl. Chem., 1997, 69, 2511).
• Generic source-based nomenclature for polymers (Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, 73, 1511; errata Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 2019).
• Nomenclature of regular single-strand organic polymers (Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 1921).
• Graphic representations (chemical formulae) of macromolecules (Pure Appl. Chem., 1994, 66, 2469).   

Radicals and Ions. 

• Revised nomenclature for radicals, ions, radical ions and related species (Pure Appl. Chem., 1993, 65, 1357).
• Names for inorganic radicals (Pure Appl. Chem., 2000, 72, 437).   

Zeolites. 

• Chemical nomenclature and formulation of compositions of synthetic and natural zeolites (Pure Appl. Chem., 1979, 51, 1091).