Systematic Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry A Directory to Comprehension and Application of its Basic Principles

Hellwinkel gives a short and general introduction to the systematic nomenclature of organic compounds. On the basis of carefully selected examples it offers simple and concise guidelines for the generation of systematic compound names as codified by the IUPAC rules. Besides the most common compound classes important special areas such as cyclophanes, carbohydrates, organometallic and isotopically modified compounds and stereochemical specifications are dealt with. In cases where there is not yet a finalised set of IUPAC rules, possibilities for logical and desirable extensions of existing rules are outlined. Likewise, deviations from Chemical Abstracts and Beilstein index names are noted, if significant. The German version (4th edition) is meanwhile a longseller.

Literature.- 1 Parent Structures.- 1.1 Acyclic Hydrocarbon Systems.- 1.2 Cyclic Systems.- 1.3 Phane Nomenclature.- 2 Substituted Systems.- 2.1 Preliminary General Remarks.- 2.2 Nomenclature Types for Substituted Systems.- 3 Brief Demonstration of the General Nomenclature Rules for the Most Important Traditional Compound Classes (Functional Parents).- 3.1 Carboxylic Acids, Sulfonic Acids etc. and their Derivatives.- 3.2 Nitriles, Isocyanates, and Similar Compounds.- 3.3 Aldehydes and Ketones.- 3.4 Alcohols, Phenols, and their Derivatives.- 3.5 Ethers and Thioethers.- 3.6 Amines, Imines, and their Derivatives.- 3.7 Halogen Derivatives.- 3.8 Compounds with Nitrogen Chains.- 3.9 Hydrazines and their Derivatives.- 3.10 Diazo- and Diazonium Compounds.- 3.11 Compounds with Chains of Three or More Nitrogen Atoms.- 3.12 Other Polynitrogen Parent Systems.- 4 Metalorganic and Metalloidorganic Compounds.- 4.1 Element Hydride (Elementane) Names.- 4.2 Functionally Substituted Elementanes.- 4.3 Elementanes with Repeating Diads.- 4.4 Organic Derivatives of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals and Comparable Compounds.- 4.5 “ate” Complexes.- 5 Carbohydrates.- 5.1 Aldoses.- 5.2 Ketoses.- 5.3 Ketoaldoses (Aldoketoses, Aldosuloses).- 5.4 Deoxy Sugars.- 5.5 Amino Sugars and Analogously Substituted Derivatives.- 5.6 Transformations of the Carbonyl Functions.- 5.7 Branched Sugars.- 5.8 Sugar Alcohols (Alditols).- 5.9 Acids Derived from Sugars.- 5.10 O-Substitution.- 5.11 Monosaccharides as Substituent Groups.- 5.12 Glycosides and Glycosyl Compounds.- 5.13 Oligosaccharides.- 5.14 Customary Trivial Names.- 6 Construction of the Names of Complex Compounds.- 6.1 Determination of the Highest Ranked Chain (Main or Senior Chain).- 6.2 Determination of the Most Senior Ring System.- 6.3 Treatment ofthe Most Senior Characteristic Group in the Light of the Two Preceding Paragraphs.- 6.4 Numbering.- 6.5 Order of Prefixes.- 6.6 Isotopically Modified Compounds.- 6.7 Specifications of Stereochemistry.- 7 Appendix.- 7.1 Complete List of “a” Terms Utilized in Replacement and Heterane Nomenclature.- 7.2 Tables of Customary Trivial (and Semitrivial) Names.