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WHILE the main general principles of the original notation are retained in this second edition, some changes have been made, and the new edition is offered is a definitive proposal for an international system for delineating and enumerating organic structures.In the description of ring systems the principle of adduction is abandoned in favour of a more logical statement of the reticular system. Suggestions made by Dr. A. M. Patterson for reconciling the logic of the new notation with that of the ring index, and with suggestions of Dr. F. L. Taylor for ring citation, are incorporated in the section dealing with fused rings. Another major revision is the rearrangement of symbols within the operations, which is intended to facilitate indexing and the manipulation of punched card data.
A New Notation and Enumeration System for Organic Compounds
By Dr. G. Malcolm Dyson. Second edition. Pp. ix + 138. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1949.) 10s. 6d. net.
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B., R. [Book Reviews]. Nature 164, 1066 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641066a0
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