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See also Chem. Listy, 1985, 79 1281-1286. (in Czech); F C Alderweireldt, H J T Bos, L Maat and D Tavernier, Regels voor de nomenclatuur van de organische chemie, sectie D, lambda-conventie, delta-conventie, Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging, Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging, 1990, ISBN 90-71446-04-2 (in Dutch) and Wiad. Chem., 1989, 43 93-102 (in Polish).
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CONTENTS
PreambleRECOMMENDATIONS
Introduction
Discussion
References for this section
Lm-1.0. TerminologyREFERENCES
Lm-1.1. Bonding Number
Lm-1.2. Standard Bonding Number
Lm-2.0. Designation of Nonstandard Bonding Numbers
Lm-3.0. Indicated Hydrogen
Lm-3.1. Maximum Number of Noncumulative Double Bonds
Lm-3.2. Indicated Hydrogen Symbolism
Lm-4.0. Derivatives of Parent hydrides
Lm-4.1. Saturation of Double Bonds
Lm-4.2. Multiple Bonds with a Saturated Parent Hydride
Lm-4.3. Derivatives
Lm-4.4. Prefixes
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