Nomenclature and Terminology (including IUPAC color books)

Chemical Terminology (Gold book)

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  • The IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology is the definitive guide to chemical terminology; it now contains more than 7000 entries, is easy to browse, search, and navigate.

Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry (Green Book)

  • This book provides a readable compilation of widely used terms and symbols from many sources together with brief understandable definitions. Full text pdf with with bookmark by chapters and sections is available.

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (Blue book)

  • HTML reproduction of the IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry has been prepared by Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc and is searchable on the ACD website.

Macromolecular Nomenclature (Purple book)

  • A second edition of the IUPAC Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature is currently in preparation; see draft content. The existing Compendium (1991) consists of an introduction to macromolecular nomenclature and nine chapters corresponding to the then valid IUPAC recommendations.

Analytical Terminology (Orange book)

  • The Web edition of the IUPAC Compendium on Analytical Terminology provides ease of access to the extensive information contained in its recommendations.

Biochemical Nomenclature (White Book)

  • The Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents (1992) presents IUPAC-IUBMB (International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Joint Commissions' recommendations; it includes sections on amino acids, peptides and proteins, enzymes, nucleotides, nucleic acids and protein synthesis, carbohydrates, lipids, etc.

Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (Red Book)

  • The 'Red Book' clarifies and continues to update recommendations concerning the names and formulae of inorganic compounds and reflects major recent developments in inorganic chemistry.