IUPAC

To provide an updated and corrected version of the IUPAC WEB document, ‘Guide for authors of papers and reports in polymer science and technology’, that complies with all current IUPAC documents that are relevant to polymer nomenclature.

The IUPAC document ‘Guide for authors of papers and reports in polymer science and technology’ is an important document which will in many cases be the first, and perhaps only, port of call for researchers who write reports or papers on polymer chemistry topics. Unfortunately, the version does no longer comply with IUPAC’s own rules for naming CRUs as set out in the Blue Book, the Red Book and recent IUPAC polymer nomenclature recommedations including the soon to be published 2^nd edition of the Purple Book. On realising the contradictory guidance that this document was offering, it was immediatley removed from the website. The aim of this project is to produce a correct/up-to-date version. This will involve a small team working through the document to identify all the nomenclature used that does not comply with IUPACs own published rules, and then preparing a correct version. It is estimated that this can be done in 2 years, at most 3. Although the project will be a Divison VIII project, as is customary for polymer nomenclature projects it will be pursued under the aupsices of the Subcommittee on Polymer Terminology.