I've been wondering about IUPAC-terminology and lojban. Wouldn't it be possible to use lojban features as {joi}, {ke}, {xi}, {mei} within the rules of the IUPAC system somehow to have lujvos like 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-di(4-chlorophenyl)ethane ?
Only with extreme pain, and a tremendous lack of extensibility (i.e. you get no simple way to say that a SN2 reaction occurs at one of the above 1-chloro positions). I highly, highly discourage this idea. Use {zoi} if need be when things are extremely jargon-dense. I admit that this stance is unsatisfying, but to be blunt IUPAC nomenclature is already unsatisfying (note the proliferation of common names despite it, even among chemists), and it's a domain-specific conlang. Expecting a general purpose conlang to do the job better and in full generality is a recipe for failure.
mi'e la latro'a mu'o
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