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Bonding & Molecular Structure

Day 6 - C.3.4 – Write chemical formulas for ionic compounds and covalent compounds
given their names and vice versa. ( Nomenclature Practices – AKA – Chemistry
Grammar)
Directions for BLOOMS – Lower Order – UNDERSTANDING:
Students will locate & label all missing information in the guided notes using PowerPoint
discussions.

Day 6
Acid Nomenclature
(Brønsted-Lowry)

Bronsted-Lowry Acids are compounds that produce free H+ ions when dissolved in water.
Traditionally, the formulas for these compounds start with the element hydrogen.

1) If the acid contains no oxygen, then the acid is named with the prefix “hydro”,
the root of the nonhydrogen element, followed by the suffix “ic acid”.

HCl hydrochloric acid

HBr hydrobromic acid

HF hydrofluoric acid

HI hydroiodic acid

2) If oxygen is present in the acid, then the suffix depends on the suffix of the anion name. The
prefix “hydro” is not used.

Anion Suffix Acid Suffix

-ate -ic acid

-ite -ous acid

3) As in BIT Metal Nomenclature (Stock Convention); the suffix “-ic” is added to the root of
the cation name for the higher charge and “-ous” for the lower charge.

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Examples:

Formula Acid Ion

HClO4 perchloric acid perchlorate ion (ClO4-)

HBrO3 bromic acid bromate ion (BrO3-)

HIO2 iodous acid iodite ion (IO2-)

HClO hypochlorous acid hypochlorite ion (ClO-)

HC2H3O2 acetic acid acetate ion (C2H3O2-)

H2SO4 sulfuric acid sulfate ion (SO42-)

H2SO3 sulfurous acid sulfite ion (SO32-)

HNO3 nitric acid nitrate ion (NO3-)

H2CO3 carbonic acid carbonate ion (CO32-)

H3PO4 phosphoric acid phosphate (PO43-)

H2 C2 O4 oxalic acid oxalate (C2O42-)

Acid Nomenclature
To Be Named OR
ANSWER
Formulated
Iodic Acid
Nitrous Acid
Phosphorous Acid
Nitrous Acid
H2SeO3
H2SeO4

HIO2

HIO3

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