Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

This article is about the book. For the rules and recommendations contained in the book, see IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry.

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, commonly referred to by chemists as the Blue Book, is a collection of recommendations on organic chemical nomenclature published at irregular intervals by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). A full edition was published in 1979, an abridged and updated version of which was published in 1993 as A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds. Both of these are now out-of-print in their paper versions, but are available free of charge in electronic versions. After the release of a draft version for public comment in 2004 and the publication of several revised sections in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry, a fully revised version was published in print in 2013.

See also

• Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (the Red Book)
• Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry (the Green Book)
• Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the Gold Book)
• Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book)

External links

• Searchable Internet version of the 1979 and 1993 recommendations
• 2004 draft recommendations (the proposed new version of the Blue Book)
• IUPAC Nomenclature Books Series (commonly known as the "Colour Books")
• Bibliography of translations
• Official corrigendum to the 1993 recommendations