POLY - Nomenclature Committee

Tips on Polymer Nomenclature from IUPAC

Committee Membership

Chair
Edward S. Wilks

Members
Stephen Clarke,  Marvin DeTar,  Robert B. Fox,  Bob Howell,  Sakuntala Ganguly,  Jani Matisons,  W. Val Metanomski,   J. Macossay ,  Leslie H. Sperling,   William J. Work

Consultant

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Committee Reports

Spring 2009

Fall 2008    Spring 2008

Fall 2007    Spring 2007

Fall 03,
Fall 02,  Fall 01,  April 01,
August 00,  March 00,  August 99,
March 99,  August 98,  March 98,
September 97,  April 97,  August 96

Call for Volunteers

There is a need for people who have knowledge of, or an interest in, nomenclature or terminology to become actively involved in ACS or IUPAC activities connected with polymer nomenclature and terminology. You don't have to be an expert in nomenclature or terminology; if you are interested in these topics, we would like to hear from you. Please contact: EDWARD (TED) S. WILKS, 302/999-1135, e-mail address: tedwilks@juno.com

Draft IUPAC Nomenclature of Regular Single-Strand Organic Macromolecules
Comment on the draft document are welcomed.

Macromolecular Nomenclature Notes

• mnn24.pdf - Terminology and Nomenclature Rotaxanes- A Progress Report by E.S. Wilks
• mnn23.pdf - Polymer Indexing and Registration Policies of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and Suggestions for Their Enhancements by E.S. Wilks
• mnn22.pdf - Molecular Weights or Masses; (Rg2/M)1/2; and Graphical Representation of Polymers by E.S. Wilks and L.H. Sperling
• mnn21.pdf - Proposed Shorthand Notation for Nomenclature and Graphic Representation of Modified Polymers by K. Hatada, R.G. Jones, I. Mita and E.S. Wilks
• mnn20.pdf - Siloxanes and Silicones in the CAS Databases by S. J. Teague
• 19 - Terminology and Classification of Quasiliving Polymerizations and Ideal Living Polymerizations on the Basis of the Logic of Elementary Polymerization Reactions, and Comments on Using the Term "Controlled" by Béla Iván
• 18 - SRUs: Using the Rules by E. S. Wilks
• • .pdf files are available in: English,  Spanish,  Chinese,  Hungarian,  Japanese and  Korean.
• 17 - Whither Nomenclature? by E. S. Wilks
• 17.sp - ¿Hacia Donde Se Dirige La Nomenclatura? by E. S. Wilks (Spanish version translated by J. Macossay)
  
• 16 - Preprints and IUPAC by L. H. Sperling and W. V. Metanomski
• • .pfd file in Spanish
• 15 - Nomenclature and Structure Representation for Dendritic Polymers by E. S. Wilks

• 14 - Source-based Nomenclature for Non-Linear Macromolecules and Macromolecular Assemblies by L. H. Sperling and W. V. Metanomski
• 13 - Glossary of Basic Terms in Polymer Science by W. V. Metanomski
• 12 - Controlled, Living and "Living" Polymerizations by Krzysztof Matyjaszewskij and Axel H. E. Müller
  
• 11 - Hyperbranched Polymers by E. S. Wilks
  
• 10 - Comments on Current Nomenclature by W. V. Metanomski
  
• 9 - Graphic Representations (Chemical Formulae) of Macromolecules by W. V. Metanomski
  
• 8 - 13th Million CAS Citation and Source and Structure Based Nomenclature by W. V. Metanomski
  
• 7 - Nomenclature of Branched Polymer Systems by G. R. Newkome and G. R. Baker
  
• 6 - Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers by W. V. Metanomski
  
• 5 - Block and Graft Copolymers by J. M. DeSimone and W. V. Metanomski
  
• 4 - Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers by K. Matyjaszewski and W. V. Metanomski
  
• 3 - More on Methods of Naming Polymers by W. V. Metanomski
  
• 2 - Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Materials by A. B. Brennan
  
• 1 - Methods of Naming Polymers by W. V. Metanomski

PMSE Notes (reprinted with permission of PMSE)

• Gel Permeation Chromatography by Les Sperling
• Mechanical Behavior Terminology by Les Sperling
• Mediated Radical Polymerization by Bob A. Howell
• Modern Nomenclature and Terminology for Polymer Science and Engineering by L. H. Sperling and W. V. Metanomski
• Nomenclature and Notational Problems in the Phase Separation Characteristics of Block Copolymers by L. H. Sperling
• Polymer Network Definitions by L. H. Sperling
• Nomenclature In Polymer Science And Engineering by L. H. Sperling and W. V. Metanomski
• Polymer Nomenclature II: Engineering and Novel Multicomponent Polymer Structures by L. H. Sperling and W. V. Metanomski
• Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces: The Need for Uniform Terminology by L. H. Sperling
• Proposed Nomenclature for Rubber-Toughened Plastics by L. H. Sperling

Other Links

• IUPAC Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature, http://old.iupac.org/divisions/IV/IV.1/index.html