Properties of Organic Compounds: abbreviations

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A

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
[α]	specific rotation and column head
“infinity symbol”	soluble in all proportions
ABBIA	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
abs	absolute
ac	acid
Ac	acetyl
AC	Analytical Chemistry
ace, Ace	acetone
aceD6	deuterized acetone
aceF6	hexafluoro acetone
AcOEt	ethyl acetate
Ac2O	acetic anhydride
ACSAA	Acta Chemica Scandinavica
al	alcohol (generally means ethyl alcohol)
ALD	The Aldrich Handbook of Organic Chemicals and Biochemicals, Aldrich Chemical Co., New York; Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra; Aldrich Chemical Co., Wilwaukee, WI
ALDN	Aldermaston, Eight Peak Index of Mass Spectra
alk	alkali
Am	amyl (pentyl)
AmOH	amyl alcohol
amor	amorphous
AMS	Archives of Mass Spectral Data, John Wiley & Sons, New York
ANCPA	Annales de Chimie (Paris)
anh	anhydrous
API	American Petroleum Institute spectral collection
aq	aqueous
ARKEA	Arkiv foer Kemi

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B

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
b	below
BCSJA	Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
BIJOA	Biochemical Journal
bipym	bipyramidal
bk	black
bl	blue
bp	boiling point
BPSMA	Bulletin de l’Academie Polonaise des Sciences
br	brown
BSCFA	Bulletin de la Society Chimique de France
bt	bright
Bu	butyl
BuOH	butyl alcohol
bz, Bz	benzene

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C

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
c	percentage concentration
ca	about
CA	Chemical Abstracts
CAS	Chemical Abstracts Service
CCCCA	Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications
cello	cellosolve
CHBEA	Chemische Berichte
CHINA	Chemistry and Industry
chl, Chl	chloroform
CJCHA	Canadian Journal of Chemistry
co	columns
COB	Coblentz Society spectral collection
col	colorless
con, conc	concentrated
COREA	Comptes Rendus Hebdomaires des Seances de l’Academie des Sciences
ctc	carbon tetrachloride
cw	continuous wave
cy, cyhex	cyclohexane
chD12	deuterated cyclohexane

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D

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
D	line in the emission spectrum of sodium (subscript), i.e., [n]D
DANKA	Doklady Akademii Nauk S.S.S.R.
dec	decomposes
DFB	Dollish et al., Characteristic Raman Frequencies of Organic Compounds, John Wiley & Sons, New York
dil	diluted
diox	dioxane
dk	dark
dl, DL	racemic (dl generally refers to optical rotation; DL usually means configuration
dlq	deliquescent
DMF	dimethyl formamide
DMFD6	deuterated dimethyl formamide

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E

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
efl	efflorescent
Et	ethyl
EtOH	ethyl alcohol
Et2O	ethyl ether
exp	explodes

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F

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
fl	flakes
flr	fluorescent
FO	Friedal and Orchin, Ultraviolet Spectra of Aromatic Compounds, John Wiley & Sons, New York
FT	Fourier transform
fum	fuming

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G

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
GCITA	Gazzetta Chimica Italiana
gel	gelatinous
gl	glacial
gr	green
gran	granular
gy	gray

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H

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
HBCP	Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL
HCACA	Helvetica Chimica Acta
hex	hexagonal
HOAc	acetic acid
hp	heptane
hx	hexane
hyd	hydrate
hyg	hygroscopic

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I

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
IJOCA	Indian Journal of Chemistry
ini	isomer not indicated
IR	infrared spectrum
irid	iridescent
iso	isooctane

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J

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
JACSA	Journal of the American Chemical Society
JCS,B	Journal of the Chemical Society, Section B
JCSOA	Journal of the Chemical Society (London)
JJ	Johnson and Jankowski, Carbon-13 NMR Spectra, John Wiley & Sons, New York
JMOSA	Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
JOCEA	Journal of Organic Chemistry
JPRAA	Journal de Physique et le Radium

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L

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
LA	Levy and Nelson, Carbon-13 NMR for Organic Chemists, John Wiley & Sons, New York
LANG	Absorption Spectra in the UV and Visible Region, Academic Press, New York
lf	leaf
lig	ligroin
liq	liquid
lo	long

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M

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
M	molar concentration
MCA	Manufacturing Chemists Association Research Project, Thermodynamics Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
mcl	monoclinic
Me	methyl
MeCN	acetonitrile
MeOH	methyl alcohol
MOCHA	Monatshefte für Chemie und Verwandte Teile Anderer Wissenschaften
mod	modification
MP	melting point
MS	mass spectral reference as source of physical constants
mut	mutarotatory

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N

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
n	refractive index (nD), column head
N	normal (concentration of solute in solvent)
N-	nitrogen attachment of the substituent
naph	naphthalene
NBS	NBS-EPA-NIH Mass Spectral Database NSRDS-NBS-63
ND	needles
NIST	NIST/EPA/MSDC Mass Spectral Database, 1990 Version
NRC	National Bureau of Standards spectral collection

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O

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
o-	ortho-
oct	octahedral
OES	Phillip et al., Organic Electronic Spectral Data, John Wiley & Sons, New York
og	orange
OPSUA	Optics and Spectroscopy (USSR-English)
org	organic
orh	orthorhombic
os	organic solvent

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P

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
pa	pale
par	partial
peth	petroleum ether
Ph	phenyl
PhCl	chlorobenzene
PhNH2	aniline
PhNO2	nitrobenzene
pk	pink
pl	plates
poly D	polysol D
pr	prisms
Pr	propyl
PrOH	propyl alcohol
purp	purple
pwd	powder
py, Py	pyridine
pym	pyramids
pyr, pyrim	pyrimidine

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R

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
rac-	racemic
rect	rectangle
res	resinous
rh	rhombic
rhd	rhombohedral
RTCPA	Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas

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S

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
s	solubility, column head
s	soluble
s-	secondary
SAD	Sadtler Research Laboratories spectral collection
SADG	Sadtler Research Laboratories IR grating collection
SADP	Sadtler Research Laboratires IR prism collection
sat	saturated
sec-	secondary
sl, sli	slight
sol	solid
solu	solution
solv	solvent
SPACA	Spectrochimica Acta
st	stable
STOT	Stothers, Carbon-13 NMR Spectroscopy, Academic Press, New York
sub	sublimes
sulf	sulfuric acid
sym-	symmetrical
syr	syrup

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T

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
tcl	triclinic
tert-	tertiary
Tet	Tetrahedron
tetr	tetragonal
TETRA	Tetrahedron
tfa	trifluoroacetic acid
thf, THF	tetrahydrofuran
to, tol	toluene
tr	transparent
trg	trigonal

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U

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
mu (Greek letter)	micron
undil	undiluted
uns-	unsymmetrical
unst	unstable

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V

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
vac	vacuum
vap	vapor
var	variable
VAR	Varian Associates NMR spectra collection
vic-	vicinal
visc	viscous
vt	violet

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W

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
w	water
wh	white
WILEY	Atlas of Mass Spectral Data, John Wiley & sons, New York
wr	warm
wx	waxy

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X

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
xyl	xylene

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Y

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
ye	yellow

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Z

Abbreviation	Full word/phrase
ZEELA	Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie
ZPCBA	Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung B
ZPCHA	Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie, Hoppe-Seylers

From ChemNetBase POC Abbreviations