Nomenclature – the "art" of naming organic chemicals – is crazy making. That's because multiple systems of nomenclature are used to describe chemical compounds. Some of them make sense because the ...

In studying the origins of the complex system for naming chemical compounds, Evan Hepler-Smith examines the fundamental ways in which scientific knowledge is made. Hepler-Smith, from Pittsburgh, ...

Researchers at the ICN2 and the UAB have developed a novel strategy to obtain different types of organic molecules by ...

Since Bartlett’s discovery, which is commemorated with an International Historic Chemical Landmark, hundreds of noble gas compounds have been synthesized, and some crystal structures have been ...