Naming a Compound
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:57 pm
What are the rules to naming a compound and in what order do you write the element names?
Created by Dr. Laurence Lavelle
https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/forum/
https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=38365
Ellery_Schlingmann_3G wrote:Hi,
Sorry, this doesn't answer your question but I have a similar question so I figured I would add it to this thread. In the textbook, the naming of the compound says to drop the ending of ions and add "-ato" for -ate ions, "-ido" for -ide ions and "-ito" for -ite ions; for example, nitrite would become "nitrito." But in lecture, Professor Lavelle said to drop the ending and simple add "-o" so chloride would be chloro. I'm confused as to which convention we should be using/studying. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!