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The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, or
for short, sets the rules for how to name compounds.

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Corrected: "The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, or IUPAC for short, sets the rules for how to name compounds."

Briefly: IUPAC creates systematic nomenclature for organic and inorganic substances (and standards for terminology, symbols, atomic weights, etc.). Example: the common name "acetone" has the IUPAC name "propanone"; "ethyl alcohol" is formally "ethanol."