Systematic nomenclature software is the current industry standard used by nomenclature specialists around the world and by a multitude of corporations within the chemical and pharmaceutical industries
Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) has been a supplier of systematic nomenclature generation for over half a decade.
New synthetic structures are constantly being developed, making it increasingly important to adopt definitive systematic nomenclature and utilisation of a software tool to ensure accuracy and organisational homogeneity in generating chemical names.
ACD/Labs's Name has grown to support the nomenclature rules agreed upon by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac), the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), and the Chemical Abstract Service (CAS).
Name systematic nomenclature software is the current industry standard used by nomenclature specialists around the world and by a multitude of corporations within the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, says the company.
The software is utilised to quickly and accurately name compounds for reports, databases, and publications.
On 7 November 2005, ACD/Labs generated the 200,000th free Iupac name from its web site.
This service, known as the ACD/Labs Online Service, enables chemists to generate Iupac names at no extra cost by using the online portal.
Free chemical names can be generated according to the systematic application of a preferred set of Iupac nomenclature rules for molecules containing no more than 50 atoms, and no more than three rings, with atoms from among only H, C, N, P, O, S, F, Cl, Br, I, Li, Na, and K.
Presently this service generates about 100 Iupac names per day.
ACD/Labs also allows other websites to connect to the free naming service via an affiliate programme and dozens of other websites, including Iupac itself, have connected to the service.
As well as generating Iupac names online, ChemSketch Freeware also includes the free naming algorithms.
There have now been over 520,000 downloads of ChemSketch and scientists around the world are now benefiting from instant access to nomenclature tools.
Name is now compatible with the InChI chemical nomenclature protocol making it possible to produce unique alphanumeric string representations for chemical compounds that will facilitate the communication of molecular structures electronically.
Freeware version 8 of ChemSketch, which has recently marked its half-million web downloads, also features InChI compatibility.
ACD/Labs's commercial products also offer the unique 'reverse' InChI-to-structure conversion that enables convenient decoding of InChI strings.
Its new software product, Name Chemist Version, introduced in August 2005, made ACD/Labs's quality Iupac nomenclature generation algorithms more affordable for chemists.
