Uniparametricity-Why a Canonical Ordering (and a Consistent Nomenclature) for Organic Compounds Continues To Evade Us

Formulation of a “consistent” system of structure, taxonomy, and nomenclature for chemical molecules continues to elude us precisely because we are not asking the right questions. Advancing knowledge of “ever more curious” molecules has far outstripped our ability to evolve a comprehensive mathematically-consistent system. We are thus left NOT with the question “How can we create an ideal system?” BUT rather with the question “What is the inherent (mathematics) problem that we have not faced up to, as we try to approximate a systematic (algorithmic) way of describing, naming, or merely listing all compounds that we have created either in the laboratory or in theory?”