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IR-1 General Aims, Functions and Methods

of Chemical Nomenclature

C O N T E N T S

IR-1.1 Introduction
IR-1.2 History of chemical nomenclature
IR-1.2.1 International cooperation on inorganic n omenclature
IR-1.3 Aims of chemical nomenclature
IR-1.4 Functions of chemical nomenclature
IR-1.5 Methods of inorganic nomenclature
IR-1.5.1 Formulation of rules
IR-1.5.2 Name construction
IR-1.5.3 Systems of nomenclature
IR-1.5.3.1 General
IR-1.5.3.2 Compositional n omenclature
IR-1.5.3.3 Substitutive nomenclature
IR-1.5.3.4 Additive nomenclature
IR-1.5.3.5 General naming procedures
IR-1.6 Changes to previous IUPAC recommendations
IR-1.6.1 Names of cations
IR-1.6.2 Names of anions
IR-1.6.3 The e lement sequence of Table VI
IR-1.6.4 Names of anionic ligands in (formal) coordination entities
IR-1.6.5 Formulae for (formal) coordination entities
IR-1.6.6 Additive names of polynuclear entities
IR-1.6.7 Names of inorganic a cids
IR-1.6.8 Addition compounds
IR-1.6.9 Miscellaneous
IR-1.7 Nomenclature recommendations in other areas o f c hemistry
IR-1.8 References

IR-1.1 I N T R O D U C T I O N

This Chapter p rovides a b rief historical o verview of chemical nomenclature (Section IR-1.2)
followed by summaries of its aims, functions and methods (Sections IR-1.3 to IR-1.5). There
are several systems of nomenclature that can be applied to inorganic c ompounds, briefly
described in Section IR-1.5.3.5 as an introduction to the later, more d etailed, chapters.
Because e ach system can provide a v alid name for a c ompound, a fl owchart is presented in
Section IR-1.5.3 which should h elp identify which is the most appropriate for the type of
compound of interest. Section IR-1.6 summarises the major changes f rom previous

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