By John Weide with modifications by Ken Costello
• There is a systematic process in the naming of inorganic acids. Probably the most significant problem is the variation of charges for the negative ions. • For example Na HCl-1 Na HNO -1 3 Na H22 SO4-2 Na H33 PO4-3
chloride ion nitrate ion sulfate ion phosphate ion
• Another significant problem is that many of the other polyatomic ions with the same endings on their names have a different number of oxygen atoms attached to the central atom. • For example chlorate ClO3-1 sulfate
SO4-2
phosphate PO4-3 acetate
C2H3O2-1
• Rather than memorize all the polyatomic ions it is much more useful to learn their trends in the naming scheme. There are numerous patterns within a homologous series. • For example » ClO4-1
perchlorate
» ClO3-1
chlorate
» ClO2-1
chlorite
» ClO-1 » Cl-1
hypochlorite chloride (not a polyatomic ion)
All the names contain chlor indicating All the ions contain one chlorine All have a minus one charge that the ion contains chlorine atom
The oxy-ions of chlorine, bromine and iodine all have these trends in common. Look for them below…… perchlorate
ClO4
-1
chlorate
ClO3
-1
chlorite
ClO2
-1
hypochlorite
ClO
-1
Perbromate
BrO4-1
Periodate
Bromate
BrO3-1
IO4-1
Iodate
Bromite
BrO2-1
IO3-1
Iodite
IO2-1
Hypobromite BrO-1
Hypoiodite IO-1
The most productive method of committing these ions to memory is first memorize the ones that have the _____ate ending. This is the most common ending.
POLYATOMIC IONS Ions with -1 charge perbromate BrO4-1
nitrate
NO3-1
sulfite
SO3-2
nitrite
chromate
bromate
BrO3-1
NO2-1
CrO4-2
BrO2-1
Cr2O7-2
oxalate
hypobromite perchlorate
BrO-1 ClO4-1
OH-1 CN-1 SCN-1 C2H3O2-1
dichromate
bromite
hydroxide cyanide thiocyanate acetate
C2O4-2
peroxide
O2-2
chlorate
ClO3-1
chlorite
ClO2-1
hypochlorite periodate
ClO-1 IO4-1
iodate
IO3-1
iodite
IO2-1
hypoiodite
IO-1
permanganate MnO4-1 bicarbonate
HCO3-1
Ions with a -2 Charge carbonate CO3-2 phthalate
C8H4O4-2
sulfate
SO4-2
Ions with a -3 Charge phosphate PO4-3 phosphite
PO3-3
arsenate
AsO4-3
Ions with +1 charge ammonium ion NH4+1
The table below shows the prefixes and suffixes that tell the number of oxygen atoms present in the negative ion.
Salt metal
polyatomic ion
# Oxygen
________
per_____ate
4
________
_____ate
3
________
_____ite
2
________ hypo_____ite
1
________
0
atoms
_____ide
REMEMBER the aqueous acid names are simply an extension of the salt names.
metal
Salt
polyatomic ion
Aqueous Acid
hydrogen
polyatomic ion
________
per_____ate
per_____ic acid
________
_____ate
_____ic acid
________
_____ite
_____ous acid
________ hypo_____ite
hypo______ous acid
________
_____ide
hydro______ic acid
To transform the metal per____ate salt into its corresponding aqueous acid name: 1) The name of the metal is dropped 2) The -ate ending is replaced with –ic 3) The word acid is added to the name For example: potassium perchlorate > perchloric acid KClO4(s) > HClO4 (aq)
metal
Salt
polyatomic ion
Aqueous Acid
hydrogen
polyatomic ion
________
per_____ate
per_____ic acid
________
_____ate
_____ic acid
________
_____ite
_____ous acid
________ hypo_____ite
hypo______ous acid
hydro______ic acid ________ _____ide To transform the metal _____ate salt into its corresponding aqueous acid name: 1) The name of the metal is dropped 2) The -ate ending is replaced with –ic 3) The word acid is added to the name For example: sodium acetate > acetic acid NaC2H3O2(s) > HC2H3O2(aq)
metal
Salt
polyatomic ion
Aqueous Acid
hydrogen
polyatomic ion
________
per_____ate
per_____ic acid
________
_____ate
_____ic acid
________
_____ite
_____ous acid
________ hypo_____ite
hypo______ous acid
hydro______ic acid ________ _____ide To transform the metal_____ite salt into its corresponding aqueous acid name: 1) The name of the metal is dropped 2) The -ite ending is replaced with –ous 3) The word acid is added to the name For example: ammonium nitrite > nitrous acid NH4NO2(s) > HNO2(aq)
metal
Salt
polyatomic ion
Aqueous Acid
hydrogen
polyatomic ion
________
per_____ate
per_____ic acid
________
_____ate
_____ic acid
________
_____ite
_____ous acid
________ hypo_____ite
hypo______ous acid
________
_____ide
hydro______ic acid
To transform the metal hypo_____ite salt into its corresponding aqueous acid name: 1) The name of the metal is dropped 2) The -ite ending is replaced with –ous 3) The word acid is added to the name For example:
lithium hypoiodite > hypoiodous acid LiIO (s) > HIO (aq)
metal
Salt
polyatomic ion
Aqueous Acid
hydrogen
polyatomic ion
________
per_____ate
per_____ic acid
________
_____ate
_____ic acid
________
_____ite
_____ous acid
________ hypo_____ite
hypo______ous acid
________
_____ide
hydro______ic acid
To transform the metal _____ide salt into its corresponding aqueous acid name: 1) The name of the metal is dropped 2) The -ide ending is replaced with hydro____ic 3) The word acid is added to the name For example:
silver bromide > hydrobromic acid AgBr(s) > HBr(aq)
Example #1-Names to Formulas 1.Determine the formula & charge of the polyatomic ion 2. Add hydrogen ions 3. Balance charge with ions 4. Add the subscript: (aq)
chloric acid chlorate
H ClO +1
-1 =0 3 (aq)
Final Formula
Examples #1-
Formulas to Names
1. The hydrogen out front & the (aq) subscript indicates an acid 2. Determine the ion and it’s acid ending.
HBrO2(aq )
bromite bromous ____________
acid
Final Name
Practice Problem #1 HIO4(aq) Choose the correct name for the compound 1. iodic acid 2. iodous acid 3. periodic acid 4. hydrogen periodate 5. none of the above Ion list
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Practice Problem #2 hydrobromic acid Choose the correct formula for the compound 1.
HBrO(aq)
2.
HBr(aq)
3.
HBrO3(aq)
4. HBrO2(aq) 5. none of the above Ion list
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PRACTICE • Refer to pages 159-166 for practice problems related to nomenclature. • Refer to page 15 for list of common polyatomic ions. • Refer to page 12 for charges • Or Use Periodic Table for charges
POLYATOMIC IONS Ions with -1 charge perbromate BrO4-1
nitrate
NO3-1
sulfite
SO3-2
nitrite
chromate
bromate
BrO3-1
NO2-1
CrO4-2
BrO2-1
Cr2O7-2
oxalate
hypobromite perchlorate
BrO-1 ClO4-1
OH-1 CN-1 SCN-1 C2H3O2-1
dichromate
bromite
hydroxide cyanide thiocyanate acetate
C2O4-2
peroxide
O2-2
chlorate
ClO3-1
chlorite
ClO2-1
hypochlorite periodate
ClO-1 IO4-1
iodate
IO3-1
iodite
IO2-1
hypoiodite
IO-1
permanganate MnO4-1 bicarbonate
HCO3-1
Ions with a -2 Charge carbonate CO3-2 phthalate
C8H4O4-2
sulfate
SO4-2
Ions with a -3 Charge phosphate PO4-3 phosphite
PO3-3
arsenate
AsO4-3
Ions with +1 charge ammonium ion NH4+1
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