What’s in a name?

• When two people use different names for

the same thing, misunderstood words are
apt to happen. The British and Americans
often get confused.
Find the bonnet. Find the boot.
Which is the chemist and which is the
pharmacist?
Which is plaster and which is a band-aid?
 Nomenclature
• A System of Naming Compounds
• Compounds are two or more atoms of
different elements bonded together.
• Even though the gases O2, N2, F2, and Cl2
travel in pairs, their names are simply
oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, and chlorine.
METALS vs. Non-METALS
F2 & Cl2 (Fluorine &
chlorine gas)
HF(g) Hydrogen Fluoride
HCl(g) Hydrogen Chloride
H2S Dihydrogen Sulfide
HCN – Hydrogen cyanide
NO - NO2- NO3 - N2O
Cl2O dichlorine monoxide
NH3 Ammonia
 Theory
Compounds are composed of two or more
elements chemically combined. An alternative way to
describe a compound is that they contain two or more
different kinds of atoms. Binary compounds contain
only two types of atoms. The names of all
binary compounds always end in “-ide”. If a binary
compound contain two different
non-metallic elements, then prefixes are used to
indicate the number of atoms. The stock system is
used to name binary compounds that contain a metal
and a non-metal. The next lesson will deal with the
stock system.
In order to be effective in using
prefixes to name compounds
containing two non-metals, these
prefixes must be committed to
memory:
mono- 1 hepta- 7
di- 2 octa- 8
tri- 3 nona- 9
tetra- 4 deca- 10
penta- 5 undeca- 11
hexa- 6 dodeca- 12
When naming compounds using prefixes
remember the formulas are written just like
the names and the names just like the
formulas. The only difference is that the
prefixes in the name are written as
subscripts in the formula. Also remember
that when there is only one of the first
atom a prefix is not used.
Example #1-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

Sulfur trioxide
1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of S1O3
atoms
If no prefix, then 1 is
Final
implied andFormula
not written
Example #2-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

dichlorine heptaoxide
1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of Cl2O7
atoms
Final Formula
Example #3-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

oxygen difluoride
1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of O1F2
atoms
If no prefix, then 1 is
Final Formula
implied and not written
Example #4-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

dinitrogen tetraoxide

1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of N2O4
atoms
Final Formula
Example #5-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

phosphorus pentachloride

1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of P1Cl5
atoms
If no prefix, then 1 is
Final
implied andFormula
not written
Example #6-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

dinitrogen monoxide

1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of N2O 1
atoms
If no prefix, then 1 is
Final
implied andFormula
not written
Example #7-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

carbon monoxide

1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of C1O 1
atoms
If no prefix, then 1 is
Final
implied andFormula
not written
Example #8-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

sulfur hexafluoride

1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of S1F6
atoms
If no prefix, then 1 is
Final
implied andFormula
not written
Example #10-Names to Formulas
I’m a Binary
Compound

dinitrogen trisulfide

1. Write symbols of
elements
2. Write number of N 2S 3
atoms
Final Formula
Examples #1- Formulas to Names
1. Write names of
elements
2. Write number of
atoms
I’m a Binary
CCl4 Compound

monocarbon tetra chloride

ine
If first prefix is mono,Final
it is Name
implied and not written
Examples #2- Formulas to Names
1. Write names of
elements
2. Write number of
atoms
I’m a Binary
XeF3 Compound

monoxenon tri fluor ide

ine
If first prefix is mono,Final
it is Name
implied and not written
Examples #4- Formulas to Names
1. Write names of
elements
2. Write number of
atoms
I’m a Binary
AsI3 Compound

ine
monoarsenic triiod ide
If first prefix is mono,Final
it is Name
implied and not written
Examples #6- Formulas to Names
1. Write names of
elements
2. Write number of
atoms
I’m a Binary
IF5 Compound

monoiodine pentafluoride
ine
If first prefix is mono,Final
it is Name
implied and not written
Examples #8- Formulas to Names
1. Write names of
elements
2. Write number of
atoms
I’m a Binary
N 2S 5 Compound

di nitrogen pentasulfide
ur
Final Name
Examples #9- Formulas to Names
1. Write names of
elements
2. Write number of
atoms
I’m a Binary
SiCl4 Compound

monosilicon tetrachloride
ine
If first prefix is mono,Final
it is Name
implied and not written
 Practice Problem #1
ClF3
Choose the correct name for the
compound
1. carbon iodine
trifluoride
2. chlorine
trifluorine
3. chlorine
trifluoride
4. chlorine
tetrafluoride
5. none of the above
Element List Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #2
arsenic pentabromide
Choose the correct formula for the
compound

1. AsBr5

2. ArBr5

3. AsBr7

4. As5Br
5. none of the
above
Element List Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #3
N2O3
Choose the correct name for the
compound

1. nitrogen trioxide
2. dinitride trioxide
3. dinitrogen
trioxygen
4. dinitrogen
trioxide
5. none of the above
Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #6
dichlorine monoxide
Choose the correct formula for the
compound

1. ClO

2. Cl2O

3. ClO2

4. Cl2O2
5. none of the
above
Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #8
Tetraphosphorus decaoxide
Choose the correct formula for the
compound

1. P4O10

2. P6O10

3. 4PO10

4. P2O5
5. none of the
above
Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #11
NO
Choose the correct name for the
compound
1. mononitrogen
monoxide
2. nitrogen
monoxygen
3. mononitrogen oxide
4. nitride monoxide
5. none of the above
This is nitrogen monoxide next problem
 Practice Problem #16
silicon tetrabromide
Choose the correct formula for the
compound

1. SBr4

2. ScBr4

3. SiB4

4. SiBr6
5. none of the
above
The correct formula
Element is SiBr4
List Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #17
S4N4
Choose the correct name for the
compound
1 tetrasulfur
tetranitride
2. tetrasulfur nitride
3. trisulfur trinitride
4. tetrasulfur
tetranitrogen
5. none of the above
Prefixes next problem
 Practice Problem #19
BF3
Choose the correct name for the
compound
1. monoboron
trifluoride
2. boron trifluorine
3. boron trifluoride
4. bromine trifluoride
5. none of the above
Element List
 Practice Problem #20
tetraphosphorus decasulfide
Choose the correct formula for the
compound

1. P6S9

2. P4 S 9

3. P4Si10

4. Ph4S10
5. none of the
above
The correct formula
Element is P4S10
List Prefixes next problem
 dual properties

H H
B

Al Si
Ge As
Sb Te
Po At
 Element List
1 Actinium Ac 24 Fluorine F 1 Lanthanum La 1 Plutonium Pu
2 Aluminum Al • Francium Fr 2 Lead Pb 2 Polonium Po
4 Argon Ar 24 Gallium Ga 3 Lithium Li 3 Potassium K
5 Arsenic As • Germanium Ge 4 Magnesium Mg 4 Radium Ra
6 Astatine At • Gold Au 5 Manganese Mn 5 Radon Rn
7 Barium Ba • Helium He 6 Mercury Hg
9 Beryllium Be • Hygrogen H 7 Molybddenum Mo
10 Bismuth Bi • Indium In 8 Neon Ne
12 Boron B • Iodine I 9 Nickel Ni
13 Bromine Br • Iridium Ir 10 Niobium Nb
14 Cadmium Cd • Iron Fe 11 Nitrogen N
15 Calcium Ca • Krypton Kr 12 Osmium Os
17 Carbon C 13 Oxygen O
18 Cerium Ce 14 Palladium Pd
19 Cesium Cs 15 Phosphorus P
20 Chlorine Cl 16 Platinum Pt
21 Chromium Cr
22 Cobalt Co
23 Copper Cu

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 Prefixes
mono- 1 hepta- 7
di- 2 octa- 8
tri- 3 nona- 9
tetra- 4 deca- 10
penta- 5 undeca- 11
hexa- 6 dodeca- 12
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