E.W. Godly 曾在他的著作中写道:“国际非专利药品名称(INN)或国际标准化组织(ISO)所认可的惯用名都是根据它们所在的领域谨慎地选取的,并已得到国际上广泛的认可[1]。”在《化学物质的系统命名法(Chemical Nomenclature)》的前言,Thurlow 却写道:“化学物质的命名不必那么死板[2]。” 布里斯托尔大学的某网站[3]就列出了一系列“名字荒唐可笑或稀奇古怪的分子”以供娱乐。这些滑稽的名字在教学上也是有一定的意义的。《化学教育期刊(英语:Journal of Chemical Education)》的一篇文章指出,把滑稽的惯用名转成正式命名的小练习能让学生在学习枯燥的有机化学系统命名时得到一定的乐趣。[4]
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^G. Märkl & H. Hauptmann. Untersuchungen zur Chemie der Arsole 1,1-dichlor-1-R-λ5-arsole-1-chlorarsole 2,2′,5,5′-tetraphenyldiarsolyl (Studies on the chemistry of arsoles). J. Organomet. Chem. 1983-06-14, 248 (3): 269–285. doi:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)98709-6.
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