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Membership of the Working Party (1992-1998): P. M. Giles, Jr. (USA), E. W. Godly (UK), K.-H. Hellwich (Federal Republic of Germany), A. K. Ikizler (Turkey), M. V. Kisakürek (Switzerland), A. D. McNaught (UK), G. P. Moss (UK), J. Nyitrai (Hungary), W. H. Powell (USA), O. Weissbach (Federal Republic of Germany), A. Yerin (Russia).
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Synopsis
Preamble
VB-1 Definitions and Terminology
VB-2 Main Ring
VB-3 Naming Hydrocarbon Bicyclic Systems
VB-4 Numbering of Bicyclic Systems
VB-5 Main Bridge
VB-6 Naming Hydrocarbon Polycyclic Systems
VB-7 Numbering of Secondary Bridges
VB-8 Naming Modified Ring Systems (Heteroatoms, unsaturation, stereochemistry, etc.)
VB-8.1 HeteroatomsVB-9 Configuration of Chiral Systems
VB-8.2 Principal Functional Group
VB-8.3 Unsaturation
VB-8.4 Prefix Substituents
VB-8.5 Stereochemistry
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