Detailed nomenclature for dendritic molecules

A systematical and detailed nomenclature for dendritic species (“cascadane-nomenclature”) is developed which is based on the rules of naming dendrimers introduced by G. R. Newkome in 1993. As the importance and versatility of dendritic species in organic chemistry is increasing, it is to distinguish between different dendritic architectures such as dendrons and dendrimers. We attach importance to the swift conveyance of the molecular architecture and its building units by such name-fragments as expressions in brackets, characteristic exponents and indices, as in previously successful naming methods for such molecular structure-classes as polycycles, phanes, crown compounds, podands and mechanically linked molecules, e.g. catenanes. Furthermore, the new modular nomenclature incorporates as many analogies to the IUPAC-nomenclature as possible.