| Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry | |
| Author: | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Chemistry |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Pub Date: | 1979 (1st edition) |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 1612 pages |
| Isbn: | 978-0854041824 |
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]