Name™ Overview
Get Systematic Chemical Names for Structures, and Produce Structures from Names
ACD/Name generates chemical names according to IUPAC rules, converts chemical names to structures, and easily handles challenging areas of nomenclature.
- Generate names for organic; biochemical; and some inorganic, organometallic, and polymer structures
- Convert systematic or trivial names to structures
Benefits
IUPAC Naming at Your Fingertips
Easy to Use
- Name your molecule with one button click
Exhaustive Coverage
- Generate names and structures for a broad array of molecules
Chemically Aware
- Identifies tautomers and stereocenters automatically
Accurate and Up-to-Date Implementation of IUPAC Rules
- Name is updated regularly to support new recommendations.
Deeper Understanding of Nomenclature Rules
- Highlight each fragment of your structure to view the applicable IUPAC rule
Name steroids and other natural parent compounds in accordance with IUPAC recommendations.
Dynamically display the nomenclature rules used to name your structure.
Names for peptide sequences can be represented with one- or three-letter codes for amino acids.
Generate names for branched ring assemblies.
Assign stereodescriptors and numbering to atoms; display a "hierarchical graph" for each stereocenter.
- 1 Draw or import a structure
- 2 Generate the IUPAC name
- 3 Examine the generated name and references to the IUPAC rule from which the structure was derived
Customer Reviews
“We use ACD/Name daily to verify the nomenclature of submitted manuscripts.”
Richard J. Smith,
Managing Editor, Helvetica Chimica Acta
“ACD/Name was temporarily unavailable for<1 month when we moved to new PCs; more than 50% of patent attorneys noticed and complained during that time.”
Dave Ennis
AstraZeneca
“When compared with other naming software...the quality of names generated from ACD/Name is second-to-none.”
Gernot Eller
Molecules, 11, 915-928, 2006
Product Features
Features of Name
Draw, copy/paste, or import molecular structures in various formats (including ChemDraw, MOL files, and SMILES)
See the full list of supported data formats- Generate accurate systematic names according to IUPAC recommendations
- Produce Index names in accordance with CAS nomenclature rules*
- Generate names for organic, biochemical, inorganic, and organometallic structures, including:
- Various functional groups, including acids, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, peroxides, salts, and more
- Mono- and polycyclic systems
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous chains
- Natural product structures (steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, and carotenes)
- Carbohydrates (in Haworth and other representations)
- Amino acids, peptides, and derivatives
- Radicals and charged structures
- Some polymers
- Assign stereodescriptors (R/S,E/Z,M/P,r/s,seqCis/seqTrans, α/β, andcis/trans)
- Assign numbering to atoms
- Display a “hierarchical graph” for each stereocenter
- Dynamically display the nomenclature rules used to name your structure
- Import multiple structures from SD files and automatically generate their names
- Export structures and names as SD files
* Index naming algorithms have been developed by ACD/Labs alone and CAS makes no warranty or guarantee about its effectiveness or accuracy. If you require chemical substance names for reporting to regulatory agencies, they should be manually checked or obtained directly from CAS.
- Generate accurate structures from chemical names, including:
- Systematic, semisystematic and trivial names of organic compounds
- Natural product structures and derivatives
- Amino acids and peptides; including three-letter codes for peptides
- Complex molecules such as carbohydrates and polysaccharides
- Functional groups, including acids and derivatives, aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, ethers, and more
- Incorrect names that do not strictly follow Organic Nomenclature rules
- Generate structure from many names and identifiers, including:
- InChI and SMILES notations
- CAS Registry and EU numbers
- Trade and registered names (INN, USAN, BAN, JAN)
- Designate the stereoconfiguration of chiral centers and double bonds
- Generate structure derivatives using trivial and semi-trivial names from Dictionary
- Ambiguous names produce a warning, or generate several possible structures for review
- Generate systematic names in English, French and German
- IUPAC naming is supported in 19 additional languages—Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish**
- Differences in spelling, grammar, and order of citation for substituents are taken into account for these language variations
- Set your nomenclature and language preferences
** The development of naming in specific languages is ongoing and, in some instances, the generated name may deviate from local language recommendations. We recommend consulting nomenclature recommendations for your language to ensure accuracy.
Name (Chemist Version)
Quick and simple generation of IUPAC names
For scientists that don’t need the advanced functionality of ACD/Name, we offerACD/Name (Chemist Version).All versions of Name include ChemSketch.Learn more about ChemSketch.
This software generates IUPAC names from structures, and structures from names; without the advanced functionality, language options, and rule derivations required by nomenclature experts.
See a Feature Comparison of our various Compound Naming software
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- Subscription License (Maintenance included, billed annually until cancelled) –$475.00
Operating System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows 10 (x64)
Hardware Requirements
- Microsoft Windows compatible PC with minimum 2-core CPU
- 4 GB or more RAM
- Minimum of 40 GB of disk space
Software License
- Granted in perpetuity, with a term of technical support and software updates included.
Subscription License
- Subscribe to use the software yearly, outside of which the license is invalid. Automatically renewed until cancelled.
ACD/Labs’ maintenance delivers product enhancements, bug fixes, software updates, and access to our knowledgeable technical support specialists for the term of the plan.Read the full details here.
Nomenclature Products Comparison
| Name | Name (Chemist Version) | ChemSketch | |
| Nomenclature systems | IUPAC, CAS, IUBMB | IUPAC | IUPAC |
| Languages | English, French, German | English, French, German | English |
| Name-to-Structure capability | Yes | Yes | No |
| Other Language Support | Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish | No | No |
| Maximum number of atoms per molecule | 1024 (excluding H) | 1024 (excluding H) | 50 (including H) |
| Elements and metal cations | All elements except noble gases | All elements except noble gases | H, C, N, P, O, S, F, Cl, Br, I, Li, Na, and K |
| Maximum number of rings per cyclic fragment | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| Import/export *.sdf files | Up to 99 structures | No | No |
| Link to IUPAC Rules and explanations of name derivation | Yes | No | No |
| Maximum number of characters per name | Unlimited | Unlimited | 100 characters |
Deployment/Integration Options
Need to Name Hundreds or Thousands of Compounds?
For researchers who need to generate names for compound libraries, or process hundreds of structures for compound registration, we offerACD/Name Batch andACD/Name to Structure Batch.
- Generate names for thousands of structures in one session
- Select between different languages for generating IUPAC names
- Process text files and databases in SD Format
- Generate InChI identifiers
- Save the generated names to .sdf, .rtf, or .txt files
- Available for Windows or Linus operating systems
ChemSketch is included with Name for all your structure drawing needs.
Start in the ChemSketch interface to draw or import a structure, and quickly generate the IUPAC name for your drawn structure with one button click.
More Reasons to Use Name
IUPAC Nomenclature Rules
The IUPAC Recommendations on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (IUPAC Blue Book)1 provide naming principles for all classes of organic compounds, and continue to evolve.
In 2013, a new version of the IUPAC Blue Book was published, which included a variety of changes and new recommendations to keep pace with the growing complexity of chemical substances.
The most significant change was the concept of “Preferred IUPAC Name” (PIN), established by a hierarchical order of criteria allowing the derivation of a unique systematic name intended for registrations, patents, regulations, etc.
Additionally, this publication included nomenclature principles developed for more complex substances and new classes of compounds such as fullerenes and cyclophanes.
The majority of the updated IUPAC organic nomenclature recommendations have been implemented in ACD/Name v2015 and later. The full text of these recommendations is available in the print version1 and in HTML format2. We hope to make these recommendations available in our ACD/Name software in the future.
Previous published versions of the IUPAC Nomenclature Rules (from 1979 and 1993) are provided electronically on our web sitehere.
Our Contribution
ACD/Labs is proud of our participation in the development of new organic nomenclature recommendations both via our long membership in the corresponding IUPAC bodies and our contribution of the results of our work in the area of nomenclature. We continue to update our Name software to support these new recommendations.
References
- Favre, Henri A. and Powell, Warren H.Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Name 2013. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
- Moss, G.P. (2021, June 18).Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013.https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/BlueBook/
What's New!
What's New in Name v2025
- Generate names in Japanese, bringing the total number of supported names to 22
- Generate IUPAC names for cyclic peptides with internal amido groups and disulfide bridges
- Improved support for π-complex search in Spectrus DB
- Expansion of ACD/Dictionary to >183,000 names
Learn More about Name
The History of Chemical Nomenclature and ACD/Name
Discover the evolution of chemical nomenclature and how ACD/Name has set the standard for precision in naming chemical compounds. With over 30 years of continuous development, ACD/Name integrates IUPAC rules, CAS standards, and advanced algorithms to deliver accurate, up-to-date names for complex structures.
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Nomenclature Products Comparison
| Name | Name (Chemist Version) | ChemSketch | |
| Nomenclature systems | IUPAC, CAS, IUBMB | IUPAC | IUPAC |
| Languages | English, French, German | English, French, German | English |
| Name-to-Structure capability | Yes | Yes | No |
| Other Language Support | 18 other languages (Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish*) | 18 other languages (1 selection permitted) | No |
| Maximum number of atoms per molecule | 1024 (excluding H) | 1024 (excluding H) | 50 (including H) |
| Elements and metal cations | All elements except noble gases | All elements except noble gases | H, C, N, P, O, S, F, Cl, Br, I, Li, Na, and K |
| Maximum number of rings per cyclic fragment | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| Import/export *.sdf files | Yes, up to 99 structures at once | Yes | Yes |
| Link to IUPAC Rules and explanations of name derivation | Yes | No | No |
| Maximum number of characters per name | Unlimited | Unlimited | 100 characters |
Supported File Formats
| Vendor or File Format | Data Format | Comments |
| Chemical Drawings | ||
| ACD/Labs | *.sk2 | |
| ChemAxon Marvin Sketch | *.mrv | Input only |
| Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA Draw | *.skc | Formerly ISIS Sketch, MDL Draw, Symyx Draw, and Accelrys Draw |
| PerkinElmer ChemDraw | *.cdx, *cdxml, *.chm | |
| Adobe Acrobat | Output only | |
| Chemical Structures and Reactions | ||
| Chemical Markup Language | *.cml | Output only |
| FASTA formats | *.fasta and other | Peptide sequences |
| InChI | Text string | |
| InChIKey | Text string | Output only |
| MOL files | *.mol | |
| Pistoia Alliance HELM | *.helm, *.xhelm | Peptide sequences, input only for xhelm files |
| Reaction Files | *.rxn | |
| SMILES | Text string | |
| Images | ||
| GIF image format | *.gif | |
| JPG image format | *.jpg | Input only |
| Paintbrush | *.pcx | Output only |
| PNG image format | *.png | |
| TIFF Bitmap | *.tif | Output only |
| Windows Bitmap | *.bmp, *.dib | |
| Windows Metafile | *.wmf |
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