Chemical Naming

Expert Desktop Software

ACD/Name

Generate Names from Structures

Determine chemical names according to the nomenclature rules agreed upon by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), and the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS).

Generate Structures from Names

Create chemical structures for systematic and semisystematic names of general organic compounds and many natural product derivatives.

Chemist's Desktop Software

ACD/Name Chemist Version

Generate systematic names according to IUPAC nomenclature rules, and create chemical structures from systematic, trade and trivial names, and registry numbers inside the ACD/ChemSketch interface.

Batch versions

ACD/Name Batch

Generate accurate systematic names for a wide variety of chemical structures according to IUPAC nomenclature recommendations and CAS Index rules. This program is available for both Windows and Linux platforms.

ACD/ Name to Structure Batch

Generate structures from systematic and non-systematic chemical names of general organic, and selected classes of biochemical and inorganic compounds.

Free version

IUPAC Name Generation for Small Molecules

ACD/ChemSketch allows users to determine the chemical name according to systematic application of a preferred set of IUPAC nomenclature rules for molecules containing no more than 50 atoms, and no more than 3 rings, with atoms from among only H, C, N, P, O, S, F, Cl, Br, I, Li, Na, and K.

Chemists who occasionally require quality naming for non-proprietary complex chemical structures, but do not usually work with the rare naming options, can take advantage of free and pay-per-use ACD/Labs Online service.