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Current Project

Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division (VIII)

 

Number: 2006-029-1-800

Title: Revision of "Principles of Chemical Nomenclature"

Task Group
Chairman:
G.J. Leigh

Members: N.G. Connelly, T. Damhus, H.B.F. Dixon, H. Favre, R. Hartshorn, S. Heller, M. Hess, A. Hutton, J. Kahovec, A.D. McNaught, G.P. Moss, E. Nordlander, and J. Nytrai

Objective:
To produce a new version of the original book "
Principles of Chemical Nomenclature - A Guide to IUPAC Recommendations", in the light of nomenclature developments since its publication in 1998.
> view 1998 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:

Last update: 4 January 2007

 

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

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