Molecule Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Molecule Names and Identifications

∟IUPAC Nomenclature

This section provides a quick introduction of the IUPAC Nomenclature, which is a naming convention that can name any chemical uniquely.

IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) Nomenclature - IUPAC Nomenclature is a naming convention that can name any chemical uniquely. IUPAC names are aimed at humans, not computers: Chemists versed in IUPAC nomenclature (which is widely taught) can read an IUPAC name and visualize or draw the molecule.

IUPAC Nomenclature uses a complex set of standardized rules to spell out any given chemical structure.

Here is a list of IUPAC Names of some molecules. 

Common     IUPAC
Name       Nomenclature
------     ------
Alcohol    ethanol
Aspirin    2-acetyloxybenzoic
Caffeine   1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione
Oxygen      ...
Salt       ...
Soda       ...
Sugar      ...
Water      ...
...

You can use https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov to find the IUPAC Name of a given molecule.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of Molecules

►Molecule Names and Identifications

 Molecule Common Names

 InChI (International Chemical Identifier)

 InChIKey - InChI Hash String

►IUPAC Nomenclature

 Canonical SMILES

 Molecule Mass and Weight

 Protein and Amino Acid

 Nucleobase, Nucleoside, Nucleotide, DNA and RNA

 Gene and Chromosome

 Protein Kinase (PK)

 DNA Sequencing

 Gene Mutation

 SDF (Structure Data File)

 PyMol Installation

 PyMol GUI and CLI

 PyMol Selections

 PyMol Editing Functions

 PyMol Measurement Functions

 PyMol Movie Functions

 PyMol Python Integration

 PyMol Object Functions

 ChEMBL Database - European Molecular Biology Laboratory

 PubChem Database - National Library of Medicine

 PDB (Protein Data Bank)

 INSDC (International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration)

 HGNC (HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee)

 Relocated Tutorials

 Resources and Tools

 Molecule Related Terminologies

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB