International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Organic Chemistry Division
Commission on Physical Organic Chemistry

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN
PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

(IUPAC Recommendations 1994)

Prepared for publication by P. Müller

Département de Chimie Organique, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Suisse

Membership of the Working Party 1987-93:

Chairman: P. Müller (Switzerland): Members: P. N. I. Ahlberg (Sweden), M. P. Doyle (USA), W. Drenth Netherlands), E. A. Halevi (Israel), R. A. Y. Jones (UK), J. M. McBride (USA), V. Minkin (USSR), M. Oki (Japan). Y. Takeuchi (Japan), J. R. Zdysiewicz (Australia).

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The definitions used in this glossary are identical to those in the published document, see P. Müller, Pure Appl. Chem., 66, 1077-1184 (1994) [Copyright IUPAC; reproduced with the permission of IUPAC]. If you use any of these definitions please cite this reference as their source. A PDF of the printed version is available.

See also translation into Finnish Fysikaalisen Orgaanisen Kemian Sansto Association of Finnish Chemical Societies, Helsinki, 1983 [ISBN 951-9223-20-7] [1982 edition]; into Polish Glosariusz terminów stosowanych w fizycznej chemii organicznej Zakład Naukowy im, Ossolińskich, Wroclaw, 1983 [ISBN 83-04-01536-6] [provisional version of 1979 edition]; into Russian Zh. Org. Khim., 1983, 19, 1562-1592; 1787-1812; 1988-2013. [provisional version of 1982 edition] (in ).
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Any comments, corrections or suggestions for additional entries in a future edition should be e-mailed to g.p.moss@qmul.ac.uk

As well as an Introduction and index all terms are listed alphabetically in the following files: A; B; Ca to Cl; Co to Cy; D; E; F and G; H; I; K and L; M; N and O; P and Q; R; Sa to Sp; St to Sigma; T to Z. The references for each section are listed at the end of each file and the complete list of references is available as a separate file.


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