The Etymology of Chemical Names : : Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature.
Etymology of Chemical Names gives an overview of the development of the current chemical nomenclature, tracing its sources and changing rules as chemistry progressed over the years. This book is devoted to provide a coherent picture how the trivial and systematic names shall be used and how the curr...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 505 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Samples of trivial and semitrivial names
- 3. Rudimentary systematic nomenclature
- 4. The IUPAC systematic nomenclature
- 5. The Chemical Abstracts systematic nomenclature
- 6. The naming of the elements
- 7. The naming of lipids and lipid constituents
- 8. The naming of terpenes
- 9. The naming of carbohydrates
- 10. The naming of amino acids, oligo- and polypeptides
- 11. The naming of other natural products
- 12. Named reactions and named concepts
- 13. The naming of minerals
- 14. International non-proprietary names for drugs and excipients
- 15. ISO common names for pesticides and other agrochemicals
- 16. Initialisms and acronyms
- 17. The vocabulary of chemistry
- 18. A sampler of miscellaneous prefixes and suffixes occurring in scientific terms
- 19. Trivial chemical names with disputed etymology
- 20. Some chemical names without known etymology
- Source Language Index