Improving the quality of published chemical names with nomenclature software

Molecules

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 915-928

  Eller, Gernot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemical nomenclature; Nomenclature software; Systematic chemical names in scientific publications

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD;

CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 33845465231     PISSN: 14203049     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/11110915     Document Type: Article

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