Organic chemistry is a difficult subject to master for many reasons, one of which is the sometimes-confusing nomenclature of organic compounds. The Learn Organic Chemistry Nomenclature app walks users ...

Like many chemists finishing their chemistry degrees or PhD theses, I thought that my nomenclature days were over the second I left academia for a position in industry. Nomenclature was not what drew ...

Nomenclature -- the "art" of naming organic chemicals -- is crazy making. Some chemical names are simple. Some are complex. What's more, saying the names of some chemicals makes you sound like a ...

Ask any science major to name the toughest class they’ve had to complete in order to get into medical school or finish their undergraduate degree and, more than likely, the answer will be introductory ...

Graduate students with Brent L. Iverson on their thesis committees know better than to mention “π-stacking” during their candidacy exam. Department lore makes clear that the University of Texas, ...