Chem Quiz of Pain and Suffering

Stock System

- Anions end with IDE (monatomic) or ATE (polyatomic)

- If a cation has more than one charge, use the metal's name AND a roman numeral in parenthesis for the charge

Classical System

- Just name the anion (Hydrogen = Bi)

- If a cation has more than one charge, end the higher with _ic and the lower with _ous

Au

Aurum (Gold)

Cu

Cuprum (Copper)

Fe

Ferrum (Iron)

Pb

Plumbum (Lead)

Sn

Stannum (Tin)

_ic

Higher Charge

_ous

Lower Charge

Charge of Ag

+1

Charge of Cd

+2

Charge of Zn

+2

NO CO SO PO Names

Nitrate/ite, Carbonate/ite, Sulfate/ite, Phosphate/ite

NO CO SO PO Amount of O

3-2, 3-2, 4-3, 4-3

NO CO SO PO Charges

1, 2, 2, 3

Ammonium Ion

NH4^+1

Cyanide Ion

CN^-1

Hydroxide Ion

OH^-1

Acetate Ion

C2H3O2^-1

Hypo_ite, _ite, _ate, Per_ate

General rule for naming halogen ions

Hypochlorite Ion

ClO^-1

Chlorite Ion

ClO2^-1

Chlorate Ion

ClO3^-1

Perchlorate Ion

ClO4^-1