Gr-0. Introduction (Graphical REPRESENTATION STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS **) Gr-0. Introduction (Graphical REPRESENTATION STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS **)

Gr-0. Introduction (Graphical REPRESENTATION STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS **‪)‬

Pure and Applied Chemistry 2008, Feb, 80, 2

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Although chemical structures have been called "the language of chemistry" [1], few documents have attempted to provide any sort of guidelines for the production of chemical structure diagrams [2-5]. The same task group that produced this document has recently published recommendations on the graphical representation of stereochemical configuration [6], but IUPAC commentary on the subject of overall graphical representation has been limited to small sections within larger documents, such as a discussion of the preferred orientation of the steroid ring system as part of the recommendations on the nomenclature of steroids [7]. In the 430-page ACS Style Guide, the chapter on "Chemical Structures" occupies only eight pages that include discussions of several topics in addition to simple representation [8]. And yet chemists have strong feelings for how chemical structure diagrams should look, even in the absence of formal guidelines. Show most chemists a series of diagrams of something as simple as benzene, and there will be near-unanimity about which ones are "good" diagrams and which ones are "bad". As Robert Pirsig writes in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, "But even though Quality cannot be defined, you know what Quality is!" [9]. [FORMULA NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]

GENRE
Wissenschaft und Natur
ERSCHIENEN
2008
1. Februar
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
14
Seiten
VERLAG
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
GRÖSSE
191
 kB

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