Nomenclature, inorganic chemistry

Recognizing the empirical nature of oxidation numbers in inorganic chemistry nomenclature, and ending the use of this antiquated concept. 

The method for selecting the principal cycle eliminates dependence on concepts that not only are antiquated, but also not expandable to all of the historical subdivisions of chemistry. The distinct, and uncoordinated, protocols in use today in "organic" vs. "inorganic" chemistry nomenclature are replaced by a common, graph theory based, superstructure. In doing so,... 

As indicated in Chapter 1, much of inorganic chemistry nomenclature is predicated on a concept that is admittedly empirical. It should be noted that one of the leading inorganic chemistry textbooks [1] advises ... 

Moreover, the original concept of an integer number that quantified oxidation has remained the cornerstone of "inorganic chemistry" nomenclature — at least as it is practiced by IUPAC. [10] This is notwithstanding the fact that conceptual problems are attenuated when the familiar oxidation numbers that "work" for one compound (or ion) are used to determine the oxidation number of other compounds. 

Molecular Depression of the Freezing Point Molecular Elevation of the Boiling Point Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature of Organic Compounds Nomograph and Table for Doppler Linewidths Optical Properties of Metals... 

On 1 January 1948, Rolla s older brother (by 10 years), a lawyer, passed away. In the same year, a communication from the lUPAC Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature Committee served to open an old wound [172]. W. Conard Femelius (1905-86), Chair of the Committee, and Charles CoryeU of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology consulted RoIIa regarding the tricky issue of naming element 61. This query was not an obligatory act of courtesy but a clumsy attempt to neutralize the interference of another discoverer, B. Smith Hopkins. A year before, the actual discoverers, Marinsky, Glendenin, and Coryell on one hand, and the physicists Marion L. Pool (1900-82) and Lawrence Larkin QuiU (1901-89) on the other, had submitted a series of proposals on how to name it. 

The lUPAC Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry continues its work, which is effectively open-ended. Guidance in the use of lUPAC rules (38) as well as explanations of their formulation (39) are available. A second volume on nomenclature of inorganic chemistry is in preparation it will be devoted to specialized areas. Some of the contents have had preliminary pubHcation in the journal Pure andJipplied Chemist, eg, "Names and Symbols of Transfermium Elements" in 1944. 

International Union of Pure and AppHed Chemistry, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemisty, Recommendations 1990, G. J. Leigh, ed., BlackweU, Oxford, U.K., 1990. 

The second edition of the well-known Red Book, the definitive recommendations of the lUPAC Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, appeared in Pure Appl. Chem., 28, 1-110 (1971). It is also available separately as a hard-bound reprint. In this edition, the rules for naming organometallic compounds have been completely revised and extended, with introduction of the rj nomenclature for organic ligands. 

Connelly NG, Damhus T, Hartshorn RM, Hutton AT (eds) (2005) Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry lUPAC Recommendations 2005 HieberW, LeutertF (1931) Naturwissenschaften 19 360... 

Each manuscript should be submitted in duplicate to the secretary of the Editorial Board, Professor Stanley Kirschner, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, U.S.A. The manuscript should be typewritten in English. Nomenclature should be consistent and should follow the recommendations presented in The Definitive Rules for Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 82, 5523 (1960). Abbreviations should conform to those used in publications of the American Chemical Society, particularly Inorganic Chemistry. 

During the study of inorganic chemistry, the structures for a large number of molecules and ions will be encountered. Try to visualize the structures and think of them in terms of their symmetry. In that way, when you see that Pt2+ is found in the complex PtCl42 in an environment described as D4h, you will know immediately what the structure of the complex is. This "shorthand" nomenclature is used to convey precise structural information in an efficient manner. Table 5.1 shows many common structural types for molecules along with the symmetry elements and point groups of those structures. 

Huheey, J. E., Keiter, E. A., and Keiter, R. L. (1993). Inorganic Chemistry Principles of Structure and Reactivity, 4th ed. HarperCollins College Publishers, New York. Appendix I consists of 33 pages devoted to nomenclature in inorganic chemistry. 

Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, Pure Appl. Chem. 1971, 18, 11. 

Sloan, T. E., Stereochemical Nomenclature and Notation in Inorganic Chemistry, 12, 1. 

The definitive definitions of this nomenclature and further examples are to be found in the IUPAC Red Book on the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, Chapter 1.6. 

Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature, 17 403-404 Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (CNIC), 17 392 Committee on Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants, 26 585 Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology, and Symbols (American Chemical Society), 17 386... 

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 72 816 75 757. See also Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature principles, 7 7 384 system, 78 594... 

International Union of Biochemistry and Microbiology, 17 402 Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (IUPAC), 17 392-393, 399 Nomex, 10 211, 212 Nomex aramid, 13 372 Nomex fiber, 13 373 Nominal mass, 15 649, 650 Nonaaquaneodymium(III), 7 578t Nonaborane(15), 4 186... 

Leigh, G.J. (ed.) (1990) Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry. Recommendations 1990, Issued by the Commission on the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford). 

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the International Committee on Atomic Weights (ICAW) was formed. Although the ICAW did not set internationally approved names, a name with an atomic weight value in their table lent support for the adoption of that name by the chemical community. Twenty years later, the ICAW became a part of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (lUPAC) when it was formed. lUPAC was called the International Union of Chemistry in those early days. In 1949, the responsibility for acceptance of the name of a chemical element was given by lUPAC to its Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (CNIC). 

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