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,[1] an abridged and updated version of which was published in 1993 as A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds.[2] 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[3] and the publication of several revised sections in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry, a fully revised edition was published in print in 2013[4] and its online version is also available.[5]
^International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (1979). Nomenclature of organic chemistry. J. Rigaudy, S. P. Klesney, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (4th ed.). Oxford: Pergamon Press. ISBN0-08-022369-9. OCLC5008199.
