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Applications to Specific Classes of Compounds

R-5.0 Introduction

The following recommendations illustrate how the general principles set out in the preceding sections are applied to various types of compounds. More detailed recommendations will appear in a forthcoming publication (see also the 1979 edition of the IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry).

See Also:
R-5.1 Binary Hydrides and Related Parent Hydrides
R-5.2 Organometallic Compounds
R-5.3 Halogen, Nitro, Nitroso, Azo, Diazo and Azido Compounds
R-5.4 Amines and Imines
R-5.5 Hydroxy Compounds, their Derivatives and Analogues
R-5.6 Aldehydes, Ketones, their Derivatives and Analogues
R-5.7 Acids and Related Characteristic Groups
R-5.8 Radicals and Ions
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