''Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry'', commonly referred to by chemists as the ''Blue Book'', is a collection of recommendations on organic chemical nomenclature published at irregular intervals by the

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(IUPAC). A full edition was published in 1979, an abridged and updated version of which was published in 1993 as ''A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds''. Both of these are now

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in their paper versions, but are available free of charge in electronic versions. After the release of a draft version for public comment in 2004 and the publication of several revised sections in the journal ''

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'', a fully revised edition was published in print in 2013 and its online version is also available.

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Searchable Internet version of the 1979 and 1993 recommendations
(the proposed new version of the ''Blue Book'')

(commonly known as the "''Colour Books''")
Official corrigendum to the 1993 recommendations
Chemical nomenclature Chemistry reference works 1979 non-fiction books 1993 non-fiction books 2013 non-fiction books {{chem-book-stub

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