3.2 Command Line Options

-ascii
Encode the output using 7-bit ASCII, converting accented characters to their unaccented forms.

-autonom
Attempt to generate MDL/Beilstein AutoNom-like names. By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style. MDL's AutoNom normally generates capitalized names, which can be controlled via the -capitalize command line option.

-capitalize
Capitalize the appropriate letter of the generated name.

-cas
Attempt to generate CAS-like names, as used by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-casidx
Attempt to generate CAS permuted index-like names, as used by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-de
Generate German compound names.

-delim
By default, the connection tables written to the output file have their title replaced with the generated compound name. However, if the -delim option is given followed by a delimiter string, the name is appended to the original title separated by the specified delimiter.

-es
Generate Spanish compound names.

-eucjp
Encode the output using EUC-JP to represent Japanese characters. This is normally used in conjunction with the -jp command line option.

-fr
Generate French compound names.

-html
Encode the output using HTML markup to represent greek characters, foreign characters and superscripts.

-it
Generate Italian compound names.

-iupac
Attempt to generate the Preferred IUPAC Name (PIN) of a compound as defined by the IUPAC200x standard. By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-iupac79
Attempt to generate an IUPAC 1979-style name. By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-iupac93
Attempt to generate an IUPAC 1993-style name. By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-ja
Generate Japanese compound names. See also the -sjis and -eucjp command line options.

-jp
A synonym for -ja.

-nl
Generate Dutch compound names.

-tag
When the output file is to be written in MDL SD file format, also write the compound name in the specified data tag.

-traditional
Attempt to generate traditional, common or archaic names for a compound. By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-pl
Generate Polish compound names.

-se
A synonym for -sv.

-sv
Generate Swedish compound names.

-sjis
Encode the output using Shift-JIS to represent Japanese characters. This is normally used in conjunction with the -jp command line option.

-systematic
Attempt to generate (fully) systematic names. By default, mol2nam uses the OpenEye name style.

-uk
Generate compound names with British spelling.

-utf8
Encode the output using UTF-8.