IUPAC

Proper noun

Meaning

IUPAC

(chemistry) Acronym of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry: an organization that establishes official names of chemical elements and compounds.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

ethylene glycine propylene acetylene hassium dubnium seaborgium cumene

Examples

According to the IUPAC definition, a metallocene contains a transition metal and two cyclopentadienyl ligands coordinated in a sandwich structure, i.e., the two cyclopentadienyl anions are on parallel planes with equal bond lengths and strengths. Source: Internet

Amino acid and nucleotide base codes IUPAC also has a system for giving codes to identify amino acids and nucleotide bases. Source: Internet

After the war, East and West Germany were eventually readmitted to IUPAC. Source: Internet

An IUPAC project, "Towards a comprehensive definition of oxidation state", (project 2008-040-1-200) started in 2009. Source: Internet

Although many other chemists have repeated this advice, IUPAC and most chemistry texts still favour the usage of allotrope and allotropy for elements only. Source: Internet

Although rarely used, IUPAC -recommended names also exist. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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