Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

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Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry
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Hardcover 2013 edition
Author International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChemistry
GenreNon-fiction
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Publication date
1979 (1st edition)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages1612 pages
ISBN 978-0854041824

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, commonly referred to by chemists as the Blue Book, is a collection of recommendations on organic chemical nomenclature published at irregular intervals by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). A full edition was published in 1979, [1] an abridged and updated version of which was published in 1993 as A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds. [2] Both of these are now out-of-print in their paper versions, but are available free of charge in electronic versions. After the release of a draft version for public comment in 2004 [3] and the publication of several revised sections in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry , a fully revised edition was published in print in 2013 [4] and its online version is also available. [5]

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