Naming Flashcards
mono
one
di
two
tri
three
tetra
four
penta
five
hexa
six
hepta
seven
octa
eight
nona
nine
deca
ten
ionic compound
metal and non-metal
cation
atom loses one or more electron
metals - left hand side
anion
atom gains one or more electrons
non-metals - right hand side
Ammonium ion
NH4^+
cyanide ion
CN^-
acetate ion
CH3CO2^-
carbonate ion
CO3^2-
bicarbonate ion
HCO3^-
oxalate ion
C2O4^2-
nitrite
NO2^-
nitrate
NO3^-
phosphate
PO4^3-
hydrogen phosphate
HPO4^2-
dihydrogen phosphate
H2PO4^-
hydroxide
OH^-
sulfite
SO3^2-
sulfate
SO4^2-
hydrogen sulfate
HSO4^-
hypochlorite
ClO^-
chlorite
ClO2^-
chlorate
ClO3^-
perchlorate
ClO4^-
chromate
CrO4^2-
dichromate
Cr2O7^2-
permaganate
MnO4^-
naming ionic compounds
cation first, anion second
metal is in group IA-IIIA, is silver, is cadmium, or is zinc
name the metal cation and the anion
molecular compounds
two nonmetals
CH4
methane
C2H6
ethane
C3H8
propane
C4H10
butane
NH3
ammonia
N2H4
hydrazine
PH3
phosphine
NO
nitric oxide
N2O
nitrous oxide
naming molecular compounds
give number of molecules of each
i.e
S2F10 disulfur decaflouride
transition metals that don’t need roman numerals
silver
zinc
charge of silver
+1
charge of zinc
+2
pneumonic for memorizing polyatomic -ate ions
Nick the camel ate a clam supper in phoenix in a crater
Nick
nitrate
camel
carbonate
clam
chlorate
supper
sulfate
phoenix
phosphate
crater
chromate