AUTONOM - SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER TRANSLATION OF STRUCTURAL DIAGRAMS INTO IUPAC-COMPATIBLE NAMES .1. GENERAL DESIGN

The rules for assigning the systematic name to a structure are complex and frequently lead to ambiguous names. It is this difficulty in assigning names that can be overcome by a program which uniquely translates graphic structures into IUPAC-compatible text names and is readily available as a personal computer tool. The algorithm developed for AUTONOM analyzes the compound’s structural diagram, input via a graphic interface, and generates the name purely on the basis of the resulting molecular connection table. This paper describes the design of AUTONOM, presents an analysis of important software and chemical nomenclature solutions adopted during the work on the system, and discusses the system’s current accuracy and reliability. © 1990, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.