Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

This article is about the book. For the rules and recommendations contained in the book, see IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry.

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]

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Hardcover 2013 edition
Author	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Language	English
Subject	Chemistry
Genre	Reference work
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publication date	1979 (1st edition)
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Pages	1612 pages
ISBN	978-0854041824

See also

• IUPAC Color Books
• Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (the Red Book)
• Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry (the Green Book)
• Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the Gold Book)
• Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book)
• Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature (the Purple Book)
• Compendium of Terminology and Nomenclature of Properties Clinical Laboratory Sciences (the Silver Book)
• Biochemical Nomenclature (the White Book).