Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Contents IX
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Samples of trivial and semitrivial names 3
7. 3. Rudimentary systematic nomenclature 155
8. 4. The IUPAC systematic nomenclature 167
9. 5. The Chemical Abstracts systematic nomenclature 237
10. 6. The naming of the elements 241
11. 7. The naming of lipids and lipid constituents 271
12. 8. The naming of terpenes 287
13. 9. The naming of carbohydrates 299
14. 10. The naming of amino acids, oligo- and polypeptides 313
15. 11. The naming of other natural products 329
16. 12. Named reactions and named concepts 337
17. 13. The naming of minerals 383
18. 14. International non-proprietary names for drugs and excipients 413
19. 15. ISO common names for pesticides and other agrochemicals 421
20. 16. Initialisms and acronyms 425
21. 17. The vocabulary of chemistry 451
22. 18. A sampler of miscellaneous prefixes and suffixes occurring in scientific terms 479
23. 19. Trivial chemical names with disputed etymology 497
24. 20. Some chemical names without known etymology 499
25. Source Language Index 501