Nomenclature of Organic Compounds. Principles and Practice. 2nd edition
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Nomenclature of Organic Compounds. Principles and Practice. 2nd edition
2nd edition Robert B. Fox and Warren H. Powell American Chemical Society and Oxford University Press, New York. Hardcover, 2001, xvii and pp. 1-437. (ISBN 0-841-23648-8).
The authors served for many years as members of and consultants to the American Chemical Society Nomenclature Committee and to several IUPAC Nomenclature Commissions. They stress the need for unambiguous communication among organic chemists and for understanding of names for chemical structures and chemical substances.
The book focuses on the methods and their application in the naming of organic compounds, stressing the relationship between structure and name. The first part is a general overview of organic nomenclature. It includes origin and evolution, conventions, and methods of organic nomenclature, and a very useful chapter on common errors, pitfalls, and misunderstandings. The second part uses the concepts from the first part to answer the question "how do I name this compound?".
Every common class of organic compounds is covered, from simple hydrocarbons, hetero compounds, acids, aldehydes, alcohols, amides, and amines to nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, silicon, boron, and organometallic compounds, polymers, natural products, stereoisomers, isotopically modified compounds, radicals, and ions. Throughout the book, the concepts and methods of the IUPAC recommendations are compared with rules used by Chemical Abstracts Service and other sources. Appendices contain most useful lists of substituent prefixes and common endings, and a glossary of terms.
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- Contents
- IUPAC Sails into New Waters
- 2002-2003 IUPAC Officers and Bureau Members
- A museum in northern England makes chemistry a fun learning experience
- Scientific organizations are urged to preserve their historical records
- What hinders the public from appreciating science more? Is the way that science is taught today helping or making it harder for young people to evaluate sciencebased issues?
- Young Observer Programs: Getting New Experts Involved in IUPAC
- IUPAC Divisions and Education: A Case for Joint Projects
- New Paid Affiliate Members Mean More Sponsored Affiliates in Developing Countries
- Whither Green Chemistry?
- Chunli Bai Awarded SCI’s International Medal
- Allen Bard Awarded the ACS’ Priestley Medal
- Thomas Tidwell Receives CCA’s Killam Fellowship
- Evaluated Kinetic Data for Atmospheric Chemistry
- Educating Chemists and the Public About Risk Assessment
- Risk assessment involving chemical use is now mandatory in many countries, and although much has been written about it, there is still no broad agreement on best practices.
- Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Use of Legendre Transforms in Chemical Thermodynamics (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Modeling Lifetime and Degradability of Organic Compounds in Air, Soil, and Water Systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Selectivity in Analytical Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2001)
- Polymer Networks
- Polymers in Medicine
- Metal and Ammonium Formate Systems
- Actinide Carbon Compounds
- Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins in Perspective at the Turn of the Millennium
- Nomenclature of Organic Compounds. Principles and Practice. 2nd edition
- Plasma Chemistry
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