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'''Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature''', also called the '''extended Hantzsch–Widman system''', is a type of [[Systematic name|systematic]] [[IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry|chemical nomenclature]] used for naming [[heterocycle]]s (cyclic [[chemical compound]]s which contain both carbon atoms and atoms of other elements in the ring).<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=Hantzsch–Widman name|file=H02737}}</ref> It is used for rings which contain at least one carbon atom and ten atoms or fewer in total in the ring, although some common heterocyclic compounds have [[retained name]]s which do no follow the Hantzsch–Widman pattern.<ref name="IUPAC83">{{citation | author = [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]] | year = 1983 | title = Revision of the Extended Hantzsch–Widman System of Nomenclature for Heteromonocycles (Recommendations 1982) | url = http://iupac.org/publications/pac/55/2/0409/pdf/ | journal = [[Pure and Applied Chemistry|Pure Appl. Chem.]] | volume = 55 | issue = 2 | pages = 409–16 | doi = 10.1351/pac198855020409}}.</ref><ref name="IUPAC93">{{BlueBook1993|pages=40–44|rec=2.3.3|url=http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_209.htm}}</ref>
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'''Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature''', also called the '''extended Hantzsch–Widman system''', is a type of [[Systematic name|systematic]] [[IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry|chemical nomenclature]] used for naming [[heterocycle]]s (cyclic [[chemical compound]]s which contain both carbon atoms and atoms of other elements in the ring).<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=Hantzsch–Widman name|file=H02737|accessdate=2009-11-22}}</ref> It is used for rings which contain at least one carbon atom and ten atoms or fewer in total in the ring, although some common heterocyclic compounds have [[retained name]]s which do no follow the Hantzsch–Widman pattern.<ref name="IUPAC83">{{IUPAC Hanzsch-Widman 1982}}.</ref><ref name="IUPAC93">{{BlueBook1993|pages=40–44|rec=2.3.3|url=http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_209.htm}}</ref>
  
Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature is named after the German chemists [[Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch|Arthur Hantzsch]] and [[Oskar Widman]], who independently proposed similar methods for the systematic naming of heterocyclic compounds in 1887 and 1888 respectively.<ref>{{citation | author = [[Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch|Hantzsch, A.]]; Weber, J. H. | year = 1887 | title = Ueber Verbindungen des Thiazols (Pyridins der Thiophenreihe) | journal = [[Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft|Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges.]] | volume = 20 | pages = 3118–32 | doi = 10.1002/cber.188702002200}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | author = Widman, O. | year = 1888 | title = Zur Nomenclatur der Verbindungen, welche Stickstoffkerne enthalten | journal = J. Prakt. Chem. | volume = 38 | pages = 185–201 | doi = 10.1002/prac.18880380114}}.</ref> It forms the basis for many common chemical names, such as [[dioxin (chemical)|dioxin]] and [[benzodiazepine]].
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Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature is named after the German chemists [[Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch|Arthur Hantzsch]] and [[Oskar Widman]], who independently proposed similar methods for the systematic naming of heterocyclic compounds in 1887 and 1888 respectively.<ref>{{citation | last1 = Hantzsch | first1 = A. | authorlink1 = Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch | last2 = Weber | first2 = J. H. | year = 1887 | title = Ueber Verbindungen des Thiazols (Pyridins der Thiophenreihe) | journal = Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. | volume = 20 | pages = 3118–32 | doi = 10.1002/cber.188702002200}}.</ref><ref>{{citation | last = Widman | first = O. | year = 1888 | title = Zur Nomenclatur der Verbindungen, welche Stickstoffkerne enthalten | journal = J. Prakt. Chem. | volume = 38 | pages = 185–201 | doi = 10.1002/prac.18880380114}}.</ref> It forms the basis for many common chemical names, such as [[dioxin (chemical)|dioxin]] and [[benzodiazepine]].
  
 
A Hantzsch–Widman name will always contain a prefix, which indicates the type of heteroatom present in the ring, and a stem, which indicates both the total number of atoms and the presence or absence of [[double bond]]s. The name may include more than one prefix, if more than one type of heteroatom is present; a multiplicative prefix is there are several heteroatoms of the same type; and locants to indicate the relative positions of the different atoms. Hantzsch–Widman names may be combined with other aspects of organic nomenclature, to indicate substitution or fused-ring systems.
 
A Hantzsch–Widman name will always contain a prefix, which indicates the type of heteroatom present in the ring, and a stem, which indicates both the total number of atoms and the presence or absence of [[double bond]]s. The name may include more than one prefix, if more than one type of heteroatom is present; a multiplicative prefix is there are several heteroatoms of the same type; and locants to indicate the relative positions of the different atoms. Hantzsch–Widman names may be combined with other aspects of organic nomenclature, to indicate substitution or fused-ring systems.
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All of the prefixes end in "a": in Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature (but not in some other methods of naming heterocycles), the final "a" is [[Elision|elided]] when the prefix comes before a vowel.
 
All of the prefixes end in "a": in Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature (but not in some other methods of naming heterocycles), the final "a" is [[Elision|elided]] when the prefix comes before a vowel.
  
The heteroatom is assumed to have its standard [[bonding number]] for organic chemistry while the name is being constructed. The [[halogen]]s have a standard bonding number of one, and so a heterocyclic ring containing a halogen as a heteroatom should have a formal positive charge.<ref>{{citation | author = [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]] | year = 1993 | title = Revised nomenclature for radicals, ions, radical ions and related species (Recommendations 1993) | url = http://iupac.org/publications/pac/65/6/1357/pdf/ | journal = [[Pure and Applied Chemistry|Pure Appl. Chem.]] | volume = 65 | issue = 6 | pages = 1367–1455 | doi = 10.1351/pac199365061357}}.</ref> In principle, [[lambda nomenclature]] could be used to specify a non-standard [[Valence (chemistry)|valence state]] for a heteroatom<ref name="IUPAC93" /> but, in practice, this is rare.
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The heteroatom is assumed to have its standard [[bonding number]] for organic chemistry while the name is being constructed. The [[halogen]]s have a standard bonding number of one, and so a heterocyclic ring containing a halogen as a heteroatom should have a formal positive charge.<ref>{{IUPAC radicals 1993}}.</ref> In principle, [[lambda nomenclature]] could be used to specify a non-standard [[Valence (chemistry)|valence state]] for a heteroatom<ref name="IUPAC93" /> but, in practice, this is rare.
  
 
==Stems==
 
==Stems==

Revision as of 09:45, 22 November 2009

Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature, also called the extended Hantzsch–Widman system, is a type of systematic chemical nomenclature used for naming heterocycles (cyclic chemical compounds which contain both carbon atoms and atoms of other elements in the ring).[1] It is used for rings which contain at least one carbon atom and ten atoms or fewer in total in the ring, although some common heterocyclic compounds have retained names which do no follow the Hantzsch–Widman pattern.[2][3]

Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature is named after the German chemists Arthur Hantzsch and Oskar Widman, who independently proposed similar methods for the systematic naming of heterocyclic compounds in 1887 and 1888 respectively.[4][5] It forms the basis for many common chemical names, such as dioxin and benzodiazepine.

A Hantzsch–Widman name will always contain a prefix, which indicates the type of heteroatom present in the ring, and a stem, which indicates both the total number of atoms and the presence or absence of double bonds. The name may include more than one prefix, if more than one type of heteroatom is present; a multiplicative prefix is there are several heteroatoms of the same type; and locants to indicate the relative positions of the different atoms. Hantzsch–Widman names may be combined with other aspects of organic nomenclature, to indicate substitution or fused-ring systems.

Prefixes

Element Prefix   Element Prefix
Fluorine fluora Arsenic arsa
Chlorine chlora Antimony stiba
Bromine broma Bismuth bisma
Iodine ioda Silicon sila
Oxygen oxa Germanium germana
Sulfur thia Tin stanna
Selenium selena Lead plumba
Tellurium tellura Boron bora
Nitrogen aza Mercury mercura
Phosphorus phospha  

The Hantzsch–Widman prefixes indicate the type of heteroatom(s) present in the ring. They form a priority series: if there is more than one type of heteroatom in the ring, the prefix which is higher on the list comes before the prefix which is lower on the list. For example, "oxa" (for oxygen) always comes before "aza" (for nitrogen) in a name. The priority order is the same as that used in replacement nomenclature, but Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature is only recommended for use with a more restricted set of heteroatoms (see also below).[3][note 1]

All of the prefixes end in "a": in Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature (but not in some other methods of naming heterocycles), the final "a" is elided when the prefix comes before a vowel.

The heteroatom is assumed to have its standard bonding number for organic chemistry while the name is being constructed. The halogens have a standard bonding number of one, and so a heterocyclic ring containing a halogen as a heteroatom should have a formal positive charge.[6] In principle, lambda nomenclature could be used to specify a non-standard valence state for a heteroatom[3] but, in practice, this is rare.

Stems

The choice of stem is quite complicated, and not completely standardised. The main criteria are:

  • the total number of atoms in the ring, both carbon atoms and heteroatoms ("ring size");
  • the presence of any double bonds;
  • the nature of the heteroatoms.
Three- to five-membered rings
Ring size Unsaturated Saturated
containing
nitrogen
not containing
nitrogen
containing
nitrogen
not containing
nitrogen
3 -irene* -irene -iridine -irane
4 -ete -ete -etidine -etane
5 -ole -ole -olidine -olane
Six-membered rings
Heteroatom of
lowest priority
Unsaturated Saturated
O, S, Se, Te, Bi, Hg -ine -ane
N, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb -ine -inane
B, F, Cl, Br, I, P, As, Sb -inine -inane
Seven- to ten-membered rings
Ring size Unsaturated Saturated
7 -epine -epane
8 -ocine -ocane
9 -onine -onane
10 -ecine -ecane

Notes

  1. The 2004 Draft Recommendations propose adding aluminium (aluma), gallium (galla), indium (indiga) and thallium (thalla) to the list of heteroatoms for which Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature is used, and removing [[mercury (element)|]].

References

  1. Hantzsch–Widman name, <http://goldbook.iupac.org/H02737.html> (accessed 22 November 2009), Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition; International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
  2. Revision of the Extended Hantzsch–Widman System of Nomenclature for Heteromonocycles (IUPAC Recommendations 1982). Pure Appl. Chem., 55 (2), 409–16. DOI: 10.1351/pac198855020409..
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rule R-2.3.3. In A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds; IUPAC Recommendations 1993; Blackwell Science: Oxford, 1993; pp 40–44. ISBN 0-632-03488-2, <http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_209.htm>
  4. Hantzsch, A.; Weber, J. H. Ueber Verbindungen des Thiazols (Pyridins der Thiophenreihe). Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1887, 20, 3118–32. DOI: 10.1002/cber.188702002200.
  5. Widman, O. Zur Nomenclatur der Verbindungen, welche Stickstoffkerne enthalten. J. Prakt. Chem. 1888, 38, 185–201. DOI: 10.1002/prac.18880380114.
  6. Revised nomenclature for radicals, ions, radical ions and related species (IUPAC Recommendations 1993). Pure Appl. Chem., 65 (6), 1367–1455. DOI: 10.1351/pac199365061357..
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