Project Details:

Revision of "Principles of Chemical Nomenclature"

Project No.:2006-029-1-800
Start date:2007-01-01
End date:2013-05-01
Division:Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division
Objective:
To produce a new version of the original book "Principlesof Chemical Nomenclature - A Guide to IUPAC Recommendations",in the light of nomenclature developments since its publicationin 1998.

> view1998 edition
Description:
The IUPAC colour books are currently in a state of revision, especially the inorganic Red Book (published 2005), the organic Blue Book (expected 2007; project 2001-043-1-800), and the macromolecular Purple Book (project 2002-048-1-400). The original book was aimed at pre-University and first-year University students and their teachers, and the new version will have a similar audience. However, it is intended to widen the scope a little, to include more biochemical nomenclature, more organometallic nomenclature, and some treatment of Preferred IUPAC Names (PINs; see both projects 2001-043-1-800 and 2006-038-1-800) and the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI).

G.J. Leigh will be general editor; a writer and reviewer will contribute to each main section - see assignment below. Much of the material and the format of the original version will be retained; this is a revision, not a rewriting.

Introductory chapters:
written by G.J. Leigh
reviewed by N.G. Connelly

Inorganic:
written by R. Hartshorn
reviewed by T. Damhus

Organic:
written by H. Favre
reviewed by J. Nytrai

Organometallic:
written by A. Hutton
reviewed by E. Nordlander

Macromolecular:
written by M. Hess
reviewed by J. Kahovec

Biochemical:
written by G.P. Moss
reviewed by H.B.F. Dixon

PINs/InChI:
written by A.D. McNaught
reviewed by S. Heller

Progress:

July 2007 - project announcement published in Chem. Int. July/Aug 2007, p. 23

Dec 2011 - A Guide to IUPAC Recommendations, 2011 Edition was published by the RSC on 25 November 2011, ISBN 978-1-84973-007-5. Like the first edition of 1998, it is directed towards teachers and students of chemistry in schools and universities, but it should be equally useful to people such as government officials concerned with customs and taxation. See RSC shop more details

Jan 2012 - book announcement published in Chem. Int. 34(1), 2012, p. 26

Initiated in March 2012, a series of short notes and briefs about the Principles of Chemical Nomenclature have been published in CI - see www.iupac.org/publications/ci/indexes/nomenclature-notes.html

Project completed

Last update 29 May 2013 


Chairman: