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IUPAC is the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists. They try and set systematic names for chemicals. As an example the IUPAC name of acetic acid is ethanoic acid whereas Formic acid would be methanoic acid.

In similar fashion acetaldehyde would be ethanal etc.

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