nomenclature (basic rules and examples)

Type I-Fixed Charge

Name the metal Cation followed by the nonmetal anion

-ide

NaCl

Sodium Chloride

Two nonmetals

Prefixes (mono, di, tri) + -ide

dinitrogen tetroxide

N2O4

mono

one

di

two

tri

three

tetra

four

penta

five

hexa

six

hepta

seven

octa

eight

nona

nine

deca

ten

binary acids

hydrogen + monoatomic nonmetal

hydro + -ic acid

hydrochloric acid

Hcl

Oxoanion Suffix Pattern: has fewer oxygen atoms than -ate

-ite

Nitrate has few oxygen atoms than nitrite. true or false?

false

Oxoanion Suffix Patterns: has MORE oxygen atoms

ate, has MORE than -ite

oxoanion prefix: per

has more oxygen atoms

oxoanion prefix oattern: hypo

has less oxygen atoms

if a chlorite has less oxygen atoms, is it hypochlorite or perchlorite

hypochlorite

NO3-

Nitrate

NO2-

nitrite

ClO-

hypochlorite

perchloriate

ClO4-

HNO2

nitrous acid

CH4

Methane

Ethane

C2H6

C3H8

propane

butane

C4H10