Organic chemistry is a difficult subject to master for many reasons, one of which is the sometimes-confusing nomenclature of organic compounds. The Learn Organic Chemistry Nomenclature app walks users ...

The name of the Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology & Symbols(NTS) may sound intimidating to some, but we have a simple mission: We focus on items that are important to the field of chemistry, to ...

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Making chemical nomenclature software available to all chemists enables greater efficiency and boosts the overall quality of naming in the corporate and public domain. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) September 27 ...

Nomenclature -- the "art" of naming organic chemicals -- is crazy making. Some chemical names are simple. Some are complex. What's more, saying the names of some chemicals makes you sound like a ...

After five years of labor, the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry has unveiled a method to create unique, computer-readable identifiers for chemical compounds. The source code and ...

In studying the origins of the complex system for naming chemical compounds, Evan Hepler-Smith examines the fundamental ways in which scientific knowledge is made. Hepler-Smith, from Pittsburgh, ...

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