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Project: Nomenclature in the 21st Century

Number: 310/28/98
Start: 01 January 1998
End: 31 December 2000
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Objective

The object of this project was to establish future needs for organic chemical nomenclature, by means of a survey of nomenclature users.

Progress
  • During the autumn of 1998 we distributed a request for comment on future nomenclature requirements to suitable internet discussion groups, nomenclature committees, journal editors and ChemWeb members, and also published the request as a letter in chemistry news journals. This document entitled "IUPAC seeks advice on organic nomenclature development" has been posted on the Union website at http://www.iupac.org/divisions/III/news1.html
  • During the period October 1998 to January 1999, 139 replies were received, from respondents in 39 different countries.
  • The results of the survey were compiled into a report which let the working party to formulate some recommendations. The report was part of the round table discussion on "Representations of Molecular Structure: Nomenclature and its Alternatives" organized in Washington, DC on March 10-11, 2000.
  • > Download project report, by Richer and McNaught [full text - pdf 24KB]
  • > View Report of round table discussion
  • > Link to CCINS, the ad hoc Committee on Chemical Identity and Nomenclature Systems