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Vol. 22, No. 4
July 2000
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Regels voor de Nomenclatuur van de Organische Chemie. Sectie E:
Stereochemie en Basisterminologie in de Stereochemie.
By H. J. T. Bos, D. Tavernier, F. C. Alderweireldt, and L. Maat. Koninklijke
Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV), Den Haag, Netherlands (1999),
pp. 1-113. ISBN 90-407-1927-6. [Dutch translation of Section E on Stereochemistry
from the IUPAC "Blue Book", Nomenclature
of Organic Chemistry, prepared for publication by J. Rigaudy and
S. P. Klesney, Pergamon Press (1979), pp. xix + 1-559, ISBN 0-08022-3699
and "Basic terminology
of stereochemistry" (IUPAC Recommendations 1996), Pure Appl.
Chem., Vol. 68, No. 12, pp. 2193-2222, 1996, prepared for publication
by G. P. Moss.]
This Dutch translation of Section E on Stereochemistry from the 1979
edition of the IUPAC "Blue Book" (out of print) and "Basic
terminology of stereochemistry" (IUPAC Recommendations 1996) was
prepared by H. J. T. Bos, D. Tavernier, F. C. Alderweireldt, and L.
Maat of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV, Royal
Netherlands Chemical Society), in cooperation with the Koninklijke Vlaamse
Chemische Vereniging (KVCV, Royal Flemish Chemical Society). It is available
from the KNCV, Burnierstraat 1, 2596 HV The Hague, Netherlands.
"Basic terminology of stereochemistry" (IUPAC Recommendations
1996) is a glossary of the more important, and most widely used, stereochemical
terms. It extends the list of those defined in the IUPAC Nomenclature
of Organic Chemistry, Section E: Stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations
1974) [Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 11-30, 1976] and
includes some terms from the Glossary of Terms used in Physical Organic
Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994) [Pure Appl. Chem., Vol.
66, No. 5, pp. 1077-1184, 1994]. Additional terms have been added from
inorganic and macromolecular chemistry. Some misleading terms are included,
together with guidance on correct usage or acceptable alternatives.
Many of the symbols used in stereochemical nomenclature are mentioned,
but details of their assignment or their incorporation into chemical
names are left to the appropriate recommendations. Terminology related
to techniques used in the determination of stereochemistry is largely
excluded, as well as terms used to describe reaction mechanisms.