CHEM 110 Lecture 8: Chapter 08

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A systematic set of rules for naming compounds have been formulated by the nomenclature committees of the international union of pure and applied chemistry (iupac) . A compound"s name should convey the information about the composition of the compound. Common names: for some compounds we use common names. e. g. h2o always goes by the common name water not by its iupca name dihydrogen oxide. If you have ao or oo turn it into o . Naming ionic compounds: focus on the ion with a definite charge, for the cation, start with the element name, for the anion, start with the negative ion name, use roman numerals that contain transition metals. Ca(no3)2 calcium nitrate (nh4)3n ammonium nitride. See table 8. 4 in your textbook for more common names. Occur in series with one element (x) and different numbers of oxygen: g. xo2. Two in a series: smaller # of oxygen atoms.

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