The Trivial Nomenclature system employs a non-systematic approach to organic compound naming. There is no such thing as a set of guidelines for writing the trivial naming of compounds.
The names of organic substances are simplified using this method. Examples include phenol, acetic acid, and toluene.
The names of compounds designated using trivial nomenclature are frequently significantly shorter and simpler than the matching IUPAC nomenclature. As a result, this system is still relevant today.
Eg. According to the trivial system, tartaric acid is a kind of carboxylic acid that is commonly found in tamarind. 2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-Butanedioic acid would be the IUPAC nomenclature for tartaric acid.
Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
Choosing and naming a parent structure is the first step in naming an organic chemical systematic. In the case of parent hydrides, suffixes can be added to the basic name to indicate the exact structural changes required to form the compound in question.
Unlike systematic names, traditional names such as acetic acid, butane, and pyridine are widely used in industry and academics. Traditional names are kept when they are useful and fit into the broader pattern of systematic nomenclature.
The concept of preferred IUPAC names is described and applied in a methodical way, as well as a fundamentally new principle. The nomenclature that has been used by IUPAC so far has focused on making games that aren’t confusing. This is in line with how the subject has changed over time.
Due to the rapid spread of information and the globalization of human activities, it was judged necessary in 1993 to develop a common language that would be useful in legal situations such as patents, export-import rules, environmental health and safety information, and so on.
Eg. Because the principal way of getting methyl alcohol was to distil it from wood, it was given the name wood spirit under the trivial nomenclature convention.
Scope
All compounds with carbon as the main ingredient are qualified as organic compounds. The functional or characteristic groups are made up of three elements: oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. Other elements, such as halogens and sulfur, round out the organic compound’s elemental core. Compounds with this set of atoms were the first to be applied with substitutive nomenclature. This nomenclature was so successful that it was extended to all elements in Groups 14, 15, 16, 17, and 13 to boron.