INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Macromolecular Chemistry Division (IV)

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LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON

MACROMOLECULAR TERMINOLOGY AND NOMENCLATURE

GROUP A: GENERAL SUMMARIES
 

A1.      Schultz, J. L.; Wilks, E. S. "Nomenclature" in Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, 3rd ed., Kroschwitz, J. I., (ed.), Vol. 7, pp. not yet available. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2003.

GROUP B: IUPAC TERMINOLOGY RECOMMENDATIONS
 

B1.       "Glossary of Basic Terms in Polymer Science". Pure Appl. Chem. 68, 2287-2311 (1996). Also available at URL: http://old.iupac.org/reports/1996/6812jenkins/index.html

B2.       "Stereochemical Definitions and Notations Relating to Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 53, 733-752 (1981).

B3.       "Note on the Terminology for Molar Masses in Polymer Science". Makromol. Chem. 185, Appendix to No.1 (1984); J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Lett. Ed. 22, 57 (1984); J. Macromol. Sci., Chem. A21, 903-904 (1984); J. Colloid Interface Sci. 101, 277 (1984); Brit. Polym. J. 17, 92 (1985).

B4.       "Definitions of Terms Relating to Individual Macromolecules, Their Assemblies, and Dilute Polymer Solutions". Pure Appl. Chem. 61, 211-214 (1989).

B5.       "Definitions of Terms Relating to Crystalline Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 61, 769-785 (1989).

B6.       "Basic Classification and Definitions of Polymerization Reactions". Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 2483-2486 (1994).

B7.       "Definitions of Terms Relating to Degradation, Aging, and Related Chemical Transformations of Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 68, 2313-2323 (1996).

B8.       "Definitions of Terms Relating to the Non-Ultimate Mechanical Properties of Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 70, 701-754 (1998). Also available at URL: http://old.iupac.org/reports/1998/7003kaye/index.html

B9.       "Definitions of Terms Relating to Low-Molar-Mass and Polymer Liquid Crystals". Pure Appl. Chem. 73, 845­895 (2001). Also available at URL: http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/73/5/0845/

B10.     "Definitions Relating to Stereochemically Asymmetric Polymerizations". Pure Appl. Chem. 74, 915-922 (2002). Also available at URL: http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/74/6/0915/

B11.     "Terminology for the Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Mechanisms of Polymerization" (Provisional). J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 40, 1665-1676 (2002).

B12.     "Definitions of Terms Relating To Reactions of Polymers and to Functional Polymeric Materials" (Provisional). Available at URL: http://old.iupac.org/reports/provisional/abstract03/horie_310703.html

GROUP C: IUPAC NOMENCLATURE RECOMMENDATIONS
 

C1.       Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature (The Purple Book), Metanomski, W. V. (ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1991. (Contains "Introduction to Macromolecular Nomenclature" and full IUPAC recommendations listed as Refs. B2, B4, and B5 above, and C2-C5 below).

C2.       "Nomenclature for Regular Single-Strand and Quasi-Single-Strand Inorganic and Coordination Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 57, 149-168 (1985).

C3.       "Source-Based Nomenclature for Copolymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 57, 1427-1440 (1985).

C4.       "Use of Abbreviations for Names of Polymeric Substances". Pure Appl. Chem. 59, 691-693 (1987).

C5.       "A Classification of Linear Single-Strand Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 61, 243-254 (1989).

C6.       "Nomenclature of Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 65, 1561-1580 (1993).

C7.       "Structure-Based Nomenclature for Irregular Single-Strand Organic Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 873-889 (1994).

C8.       "Graphic Representations (Chemical Formulae) of Macromolecules". Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 2469-2482 (1994).

C9.       "Source-Based Nomenclature for Non-Linear Macromolecules and Macromolecular Assemblies". Pure Appl. Chem. 69, 2511-2521 (1997).

C10.     "Generic Source-Based Nomenclature for Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 73, 1511-1519 (2001). Errata. Pure Appl. Chem. 74, 2019 (2002). Also available at URL: http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/73/9/1511/

C11.     "Nomenclature of Regular Single-Strand Organic Polymers". Pure Appl. Chem. 74, 1921-1956 (2002). Also available at URL: http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/74/10/1921/