Chemistry International
Vol. 22, No. 3
May 2000
Reports
from Commissions and Division Committees
Commission on
Macromolecular Nomenclature (IV.1)
Summary of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC
General Assembly, Berlin, Germany, 711 August 1999
The meeting was attended by all Titular Members,
six Associate Members, three National Representatives, ten consultants,
correspondents and observers, and the Division Chairman and Secretary.
At the date of the meeting, the Commission had thirteen
projects underway. Two were open for public review (18/87, "Liquid
crystals" and 19/89, "Regular single-strand nomenclature"),
two more were expected to be submitted to IDCNS and public review before
the end of March of 2000 (21/92, "Source-based generic nomenclature"
and 25/95, "Asymmetric polymerization"), and the remaining
nine were in various stages of development for further consideration
during the Warsaw 2000 meeting. The Commission also had nine feasibility
studies in progress, two of which became projects (32/99, "Terminology
of ion-containing polymers" and 33/99, "Source-based nomenclature
for modified polymer molecules"), while the other seven moved closer
to becoming projects during the Warsaw meeting. The Commission also
reviewed other activities, including a comprehensive list of terms,
the 2nd edition
of the "Purple Book", and a history of the Commission since
its creation.
In preparation for discussion of the IUPAC restructuring
project at the Division level, the project was examined in considerable
detail. The main concern expressed by all members was the possible loss
of continuity, considered essential in nomenclature work. Therefore,
it was unanimously resolved to support the continuation of this Commission
in its present form.
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Maximo Baron
Secretary
IUPAC Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature IV.1