GENCHEM Reviewer
GENCHEM Reviewer
GENCHEM Reviewer
• Examples:
Compound: Water
Chemical Formula: H2O
Compound: Glucose
Chemical Formula: C6H12O6
Example:
Chemical Formulas Compound: Ammonia
Chemical Formula: NH3
1. Molecular Formula
- Indicates the actual number of each
element in a compound
Example:
Compound: Ammonia
Chem Formula: NH3
Structural formula: H-N-H
H
Naming of Compounds • Stock Method
- The metal ion with variable charge is
Nomenclature named using its English name followed
- Set of rules used for forming the names or by the value of charge (oxidation no.)
terms in a particular field of arts and written in Roman Numeral.
sciences. - Ide
- The way in which compounds are named,
is based on their formula Covalent compound
Ionic Compounds - Are form by the reaction of non metals
- Are made of cations (metal) and anion - The names of the elements are written in
(non-metal) the order in which they appear in the
- The name of cation appears first followed formula.
by the name of the anion.
The convention for naming covalent
1. Binary Compounds compound below:
- Contains only two elements
- The positive ion (cation) retains the same - Prefix indicating the number of each kind
name as the element while, the negative of atom found in the unit is placed before
ion (anion) is named by using stem of the the name of the element.
name of element joined to suffix – ide - If only one atom of a particular kind is
present in molecules, the prefix mono- is
• Criss-cross-rule omitted from the first element.
- The oxidation number of cation becomes - The stem name of the last element is used
the subscript of the anion and the with the suffix ide
oxidation number of the anion becomes
the subscript of cation. 1. Mono
2. Di
2. Ternary Compounds 3. Tri
- Contains three elements 4. Tetra
- The cation goes first in its name before 5. Penta
the polyatomic ion which usually ends 6. Hexa
with 7. Hepta
8. Octa
3. Compounds with metallic Ion of 9. Nona
Variable Charge 10. Deca
- Contains metal cation with variable 11. Undeca
charge and anion 12. Dodeca
- There are two method that can be used to
name this compound namely: the Ternary Compounds
classical method and stock method. - Contain hydrogen, oxygen, and other
element.
• Classical Method
- It used Latin name of some metal ions For oxyanions – ending: ate change to ic follow
with variable charge and modified by the word acid
For Oxyanions – ending: ite change to ous follow
adding the suffix
the word acid