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A '''trivial name''' is a name for a [[chemical compound]] that has no systematic elements at all,<ref name="Glos">{{BlueBook1993|rec=0.2.3.1|url=http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_108.htm}}.</ref> for example [[urea]], [[water]], [[ammonia]].
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A '''trivial name''' is a name for a [[chemical compound]] that has no systematic elements at all,<ref name="Glos">{{BlueBook1993|rec=0.2.3.1|url=http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_108.htm|page=14}}.</ref> for example [[urea]], [[water]], [[ammonia]]. In this sense, a trivial name is distinguished from a [[semisystematic name]] and from a [[systematic name]].<ref name="Glos"/>
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In a less technical sense, the term "trivial name" can be used to refer to a name which is in common use but which is not recommended, for example [[ethylene oxide]], [[adipic acid]]. Here it is distinguished from a [[retained name]] and from a [[systematic name]].
  
 
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Revision as of 08:02, 21 November 2009

A trivial name is a name for a chemical compound that has no systematic elements at all,[1] for example urea, water, ammonia. In this sense, a trivial name is distinguished from a semisystematic name and from a systematic name.[1]

In a less technical sense, the term "trivial name" can be used to refer to a name which is in common use but which is not recommended, for example ethylene oxide, adipic acid. Here it is distinguished from a retained name and from a systematic name.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rule R-0.2.3.1. In A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds; IUPAC Recommendations 1993; Blackwell Science: Oxford, 1993; p 14. ISBN 0-632-03488-2, <http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/93/r93_108.htm>.
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