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A field that adds a IUPAC conforming name especially for complex organic cations to the best of our present abilities. For complex molecules, detailed IUPAC names are not simple and, as we understand them, also not always unique. We welcome feedback on particular name choices, should they seem ambiguous or need correction. Thank you!

** IUPAC conventions adopted for organic cations **
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IUPAC conventions adopted for organic cations
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The rules used to generate our IUPAC names come from the IUPAC Blue Book found online at: https://iupac.qmul.ac.uk/BlueBook/. We attempt to generate the names according to the rules laid out for Preferred IUPAC Names (PIN) choosing for example aminium over azanium to refer to NH4+. Especially applicable to this project are the rules detailed in chapter 7 of the Blue Book: https://iupac.qmul.ac.uk/BlueBook/P7.html#73 as they describe specifically Cation naming conventions.

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* - N,N,N-trimethylmethanaminium (PIN)
- methanaminium (PIN)
- 2-phenylethane-1-aminium (PIN)

** IUPAC conventions adopted for the naming of the inorganic part of a hybrid compound **
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IUPAC conventions adopted for the naming of the inorganic part of a hybrid compound
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IUPAC's rules for naming inorganic compounds are collected in the IUPAC "Red Book" found online at: https://iupac.org/what-we-do/books/redbook/.

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