Bring the power of IUPAC naming to your desktop!

ACD/Name (Chemist Version) offers a standardized set of features for quick and simple generation of IUPAC names, and structures from names. It is a streamlined version of our popular ACD/Name software.

View a full description and pricing on our web store.

Compounds Containing Selenium or Tellurium

Linked to an Organic Radical Rule C-701

701.1 - Organic compounds of selenium are named as far as possible analogously to the corresponding sulfur compounds. The prefixes and suffixes used, with examples of their application, are shown in Table XIII. Structures not listed in the Table are named by placing the syllables ''seleno-'' before the name of the corresponding oxygen compound.

Examples of Use of Prefixes and Suffixes

(1) Ethaneselenol
(2) 3-(Hydroseleno)pro-
pionic acid
(3) Diethyl selenide
(4) (Ethylseleno)acetic
acid
(5) Selenacyclopentane
or Tetrahydroselenole
(6) 1,4-Episeleno-1,4-
dihydronaphthalene
(7) Hexaneselenal(8) 1-Pentanecarboselen-
aldehyde
(9) p-Selenoformylbenzoic
acid
(10) 3-Selenoxohexane
or 3-Hexaneselone
(11) Selenobenzoic acid
(12) Cyclohexanecarbo-
selenothioic acid
(13) Ethyl phenyl selen-
oxide(14) (Ethylseleninyl)ben-
zene

Example to Rule C-701.1

701.2 - Insofar as their structures are known and conform to those of the selenium derivatives, organic compounds of tellurium are named in the same way as those of selenium, with ''tellur-'' in place of ''selen-''.

Example to Rule C-701.2

Note: The nomenclature of tellurium compounds will be dealt with in greater detail in Section D of these Rules.

See Recommendations'93 R-5.5.1.2, R-5.6.2.2, R-5.6.4, R-3.4, R-5.7.2

search
This HTML reproduction of Sections A, B and C of IUPAC "Blue Book" is as close as possible to the published version [see Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, and H, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1979. Copyright 1979 IUPAC.] If you need to cite these rules please quote this reference as their source.

Published with permission of the IUPAC by Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., www.acdlabs.com, +1(416)368-3435 tel, +1(416)368-5596 fax. For comments or suggestions please contact webmaster@acdlabs.com