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P R E F A C E

chains and rings (adapted f rom Chapter II-5 of Red Book II). Lesser o missions include the
section o n s ingle strand polymers (now updated as Chapter II-7 i n R ed Book I I) and the
several different outdated versions of the periodic t able. (That on the inside front c over is
the current IUPAC-agreed version.)
Some new recommendations represent breaks with tradition, in the interest of increased
clarity and consistency. For example, the application of the ending ‘ido’ to all anionic
ligands with ‘ide’ names in additive nomenclature (e.g. chlorido and cyanido instead o f
chloro and cyano, and hydrido throughout, i.e. no exception in boron nomenclature) is part
of a g eneral move to a m ore systematic approach.

Acknowledgements

It is important to remember that the current volume has evolved from past versions of the
Red Book a nd it is therefore appropriate first to acknowledge the efforts of previous editors
and contributors. However, we would also like to thank the many people without whose help
this revision would not have come t o f ruition. Members o f C NIC were involved in the early
stages of the revision (including Stanley Kirschner who began the task of compiling l igand
abbreviations and what has become Tables VII and VIII), and members of the IUPAC
Division VIII Advisory S ubcommittee (particularly Jonathan Brecher, Piroska Fodor-
Csa ´nyi, Risto Laitinen, Jeff L eigh and Alan McNaught) and the editors o f t he revised Blue
Book (Warren Powell and Henri Favre) have made e xtremely v aluable c omments. However,
the bulk of the work h as been carried o ut by a p roject group comprising the two Senior
Editors, R ichard Hartshorn and Alan Hutton.

NEIL G. CONNELLY and TURE DAMHUS
(Senior Editors)

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