The Etymology of Chemical Names Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Senning, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, [2019]
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2330484.pdf
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