• Ionic Compounds

The name of the cation (usually metal) followed

by the ‘compound’ name of the anion. To find
the compound name of an anion, replace the
end of the elements name with ‘ide’
Name of cation + name of anion, suffix ‘ide’

If the anion is polyatomic and contains oxygen,

then the suffix is ‘ate’
Name of the cation + name of polyatomic
oxygen anion, suffix is ‘ate’
• Hydrogen compounds
If the compound contains hydrogen and a metal,
the metal comes first, followed by the word
‘hydride’, to denote the hydrogen component.
Metal + hydride

If compound contains hydrogen and non-metal

and does not contain water (H₂o), then the
hydrogen comes first, followed by the
element’s name replaced with the ‘ide’ suffix.
Hydrogen + non-metal, suffix ‘ide’
If the hydrogen non-metal compound dissolves
in water, it starts with the ‘hydro’ prefix,
followed by the element’s name replaced with
an ‘ic’ suffix followed by ‘acid’.
Hydro(name of element, suffix ‘ic’)acid
• Oxygen compounds
If the compound contains hydrogen and an
oxygen anion (oxyanion) and does not contain
water, then hydrogen comes first, followed by
the element name with the suffix ‘ate’.
Hydrogen + element, suffix ‘ate’
• Covalent Compounds
If a compound contains two non-metal in a covalent
bond
1. The least electronegative elements is named first
2. If the compound contains hydrogen, hydrogen is
named first
3. The number of atoms of each elements is indicated
by a prefix
4. If the first element only has one atom prefix is not
used
5. The name of the element has the suffix ‘ide’
6. Least electronegative + number prefix, most
electronegative element, suffix ‘ide’
Naming more than one type of oxygen compound.

Oxygen level Prefix E Suffix

A little hypo- l -ite
oxygen e
Some oxygen m -ite
More oxygen e -ate
n
A lot of per- -ate
t
oxygen
Naming more than one type of hydrogen oxyanion acid.

Oxygen level Prefix Suffix

E Acid
A little hypo- l -ite
oxygen e
Some oxygen m -ite
e
More oxygen n -ate
t
A lot of Per- -ate
oxygen
Given the chemical
formula,identify its
name.
1.Al₂O₃ 4. H₂O
2.Li₂O 5. KClO₄
3.AgNO₃