[Agent-X]

Why do IUPAC naming rules change?

For example, there are 2004 recommendations for naming alcohols.
What kind of issues made the IUPAC recommend these new ways of nomenclature?

[Momer]

Try this link
http://old.iupac.org/reports/provisional/procedure.html#Rc

[Agent-X]

Try this link
http://old.iupac.org/reports/provisional/procedure.html#Rc

Thank you. Interesting read.

It is the intention of this procedure to allow a wide range of interested individuals to comment on the Recommendations before they are finally revised for publication.

However, I think the provided documentation provides a minor premise (argument from authority and peers) as to the deterministic changes and recommendations inside of the IUPAC naming prodecure.

Would this be more related to the major premise?

A "Recommendation" results from studies on nomenclature, symbols, terminology, or conventions, and its purpose is to recommend for a specific field unambiguous, uniform, and consistent nomenclature and terminology, usually presented as:

    * glossaries of terms for specific chemical disciplines
    * definitions of terms relating to a group of properties
    * nomenclature of chemical compounds and their classes
    * terminology, symbols, and units in a specific field
    * classifications and uses of terms in a specific field
    * conventions and standards of parctice for presenting data in a specific field

source: http://old.iupac.org/reports/provisional/procedure.html

The thing is, though, I don't see the reason for an additional recommendation for alcohols, such as 1-methylpentyl alcohol.

functional class name: 1-methylpentyl alcohol
substitutive name: 2-hexanol
2004 name:  hexan-2-ol

Does anyone know the reasons for the 2004 recommendations? Why do recommendations like this occur?