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==In chemistry<span class="anchor" id="chemistry"></span>== In chemistry, a systematic name describes the chemical structure of a [[chemical substance]], thus giving some information about its chemical properties. The ''[[Compendium of Chemical Terminology]]'' published by the [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry|IUPAC]] defines systematic name as "a name composed wholly of specially coined or selected syllables, with or without numerical prefixes; e.g. pentane, oxazole."<ref>{{GoldBookRef|title=systematic name|file=S06236}}</ref> However, when trivial names have become part of [[chemical nomenclature]], they can be the systematic name of a substance or part of it. Examples for some systematic names that have trivial origins are [[benzene]] (cyclohexatriene) or [[glycerol]] (trihydroxypropane).
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