Brainchild of Yunzhong Hou
This page is a compilation of rules regarding how to express the new nomenclature in linguistic form. This page is not for beginners. Please see Theory:Nomenclature:Straight Hydrocarbons first for a rough understanding of the concepts involved.
Rule #1: Naming procedes from left to right and within each block from bottom up.
Rule #2: Central characters are named by their chemical symbols, as per the periodic table.
Rule #3: The modifier-marking pipeline character is not expressed outside of the graphical nomenclature (as mentioned on the other pages)
Rule #4: Before each central character, subscripts are named as such:
- 1- or one-
- 2- or two-
- 3- or three-
- 4- or four-
- 5- or five-
- 6- or six-
- 7- or seven-
- 8- or eight-
- 9- or nine-
- 10- or ten-
- and so on...
Rule #5: Before and after each central character, superscripts are named as such:
- 1- or un- or meth-
- 2- or di- or eth-
- 3- or tri- or pent-
- 4- or tetra- or but-
- 5- or pent-
- 6- or hex-
- 7- or hept-
- 8- or oct-
- 9- or non-
- 10- or dec-
- and so on...
Rule #6: After each central character, subscripts are named as such:
- (One is never expressed)
- x2 or bis-
- x3 or tris-
- x4 or tetrakis-
- x5 or pentakis-
- x6 or hexakis-
Rule #7: There are several exceptions:
- The cent sign is expressed as cyc-
- The phenyl sign is expressed as z-