Well-formulated nomenclature and terminology, thought trough with a view to the past, carful considerations of the present, and a clairvoyant eye on the future, are of immense value to scientific development. This is a progress report, and an invitation to join the discussion, from two project groups partly intitated from the community, and funded by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC. A total of 16 active researchers in the field are involed in the projects and the complete lists can be found at iupac.org, projects 2011-035-1-800 and 2014-001-2-200. The projects concern: 1. Terminology and nomenclature of inorganic and coordination polymers The preferences of polymer nomenclature and the rigors of inorganic nomenclature conflict to such an extent that IUPAC should seek a rationalizing accommodation of both interests. This project will serve these purposes. 2. Terminology guidelines and database issues for topology representations in metal-organic frameworks (a) To produce guidelines for terms to use in the topological description of metal-organic frameworks, coordination polymers and other crystalline materials that can be described as network compounds. (b) To produce guidelines for the use of topological descriptions in the mentioned areas. (c) To ensure permanent and stable access to the database containing topological nets and net descriptors. (d) To determine the procedure for depositing new network topologies. (e) To elaborate recommendations for including the information about network descriptors and topological properties into crystallographic databases. This latter project resolves unresolved issues identified in a third project: “Coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks: terminology and nomenclature guidelines” that reported its findings in Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2013. Examples will be partly drawn from the presenters own recent research in catalysis with MOFs and on the use of topology to understand solid state structures.

Nomenclature, terminology guidelines, and database issues for topology representations in metal-organic frameworks

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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