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[panda-bum]

Just quickly to confirm. is IUPAC names for carbon compounds just all the organic naming? and what does IUPAC actually stand for?

 

[Dreamerish*~]

Just quickly to confirm. is IUPAC names for carbon compounds just all the organic naming? and what does IUPAC actually stand for?

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - The world authority on chemical nomenclature, terminology, standardized methods for measurement, atomic weights and other critically evaluated data.

 

[panda-bum]

err....so does that mean its the organic names? meth- eth- etc?

 

[Jumbo Cactuar]

I think what you mean is ... is the IUPAC nomenclature the same as the systematic naming taught in HSC Chem; Yes it is.

Is it what is used always; No.

Ie. Nobody talks about propanone, methanoic acid, phenylethene etc.