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Naming

in chemistry
Nov 19 2016
Compound

(cation)(anion)

Note:
1. periodic table 20-40

2. Cation cathode ( electrolysis ) + ion


(, / ); anion anoide
common name
chemical formula

Common name
water chemical formula H2Odihydrogen oxide
ozone chemical formula O3, trioxygen. tri-
oxide oxide (2).

prefix
Number Multiplier
1 mono-
2 di-
3 tri-
4 tetra-
5 penta-
6 hexa-
7 hepta-
8 octa-
9 nona-
10 deca-
11 undeca-
12 dodeca-
Note:
1. Prefix suffix
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC_numerical_multiplier

1. Carbon monoxide (CO) mono-oxide, . mon-nox-ide,
mo-no-ox-ide
2. Carbon dioxide (CO2) di-oxide,
3. dinitrogen oxide () (N2O) di-nitrogen,
4. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) di-oxide,

1. potassium carbonate K2CO3 (ionized): K*2


potassium+ CO3 carbonate dipotassium carbonate
2. sodium carbonate Na2CO3 : Na*2 + CO3
3. calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 (ionized) Ca + OH,
di-hydroxide, dioxide dihydrogen.

cation (+) , anion (-)

1. cation elemental name + cationic state :

Copper (II) sulfate: CuSO4


Nickel(II) nitrate : Ni(NO3)2
Iron(II) sulfide, FeS

Iron sulfide Nickel nitrate

cation, silver, (
)
2. anion suffix

A. (mono atomic anions)


-ide suffix :

nitride (N3-)
Oxide (O2-)
Fluoride (F-)
sulfide (S2-)
chloride (Cl-)
bromide (Br-)
iodide (I-)

anion charge number electron shell/ valence

B. Poly atomic anions


-ite, -ate suffix :
Charge -1
nitrite (NO2-) Nitrate (NO3-)
iodite (IO2-) iodate (IO3-)
chlorite (ClO2-) chlorate (ClO3-)
Charge -2
sulfite (SO32-) sulfate (SO42-)
Charge -3
borate (BO33-) phosphate (PO43-)
prefix / suffix

prefix
ex- out of, from extract, exhale, ex-president
inter- between, among intersect, interstellar
post- after, behind posterior, postprone
pre- before predict, prefix
com-, con- with, alongside comprise
com-, con- with, jointly companion, community
post-mortem, postpone, post-
post- after natal
pre- before predetermine, pre-intermediate

suffix
-ment condition argument (argue)
-ness state of being heaviness (heavy), sickness (sick)
-sion, -tion state of being promotion (promote)
state or quality urgency (urgent), frequency
-cy of being (frequent)
state or quality similarity (similar), responsibility
-ity of being (responsible)
action, or result preference (prefer), attendance
-ence, -ance of (attend)

suffix
-ate become create
make or
-ify, -fy become simplify, satisfy
-ise, -ize become ionize

suffix
-ful full of, able to playful, hopeful, skilful
having the form
-ic, -ical or character of psychological, musical
-ious, -ous characterised by jealous, religious
:
1. noble gas on suffix: neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon;
2. Group VII element ine suffix: fluorine, chlorine, bromine,
iodine
3. Oxygen, Nitrogen -gen suiffix ;
4. : oxy (O), nitro (N), amino (NH2),
ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4), thio (S), fluoro (F), bromo (Br)
5. ide; ite google ide ite suffix
6.

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