7.2 Naming Molecules

Which of the following is a focus of the IUPAC rules in chemistry?

• Naming ionic compounds

• Naming covalent compounds

• Naming metallic compounds

• Naming nuclear compounds

What is an oxyacid?

• An acid that contains both a hydrogen atom and an oxyanion

• An acid that contains nitrogen and oxygen

• An acid that contains sulfur and oxyanion

• An acid that contains hydrogen and carbon.

What is a binary molecular compound composed of?

• Two metal atoms

• Two nonmetal atoms

• One metal and one nonmetal atom

• Ions.

In naming a binary molecular compound, the first element is named using the entire element name. and a prefix to tell how many atoms of that element are in the compound (unless there is just 1)

• True

• False

The second element in a binary molecular compound is named using its root and adding the suffix ____.

• -ate

• -ide

• -ite

• -ous

What is the common name for the compound with the chemical formula H2O?

• Hydrogen Peroxide

• Water

• Nitrous Oxide

• Dihydrogen Dioxide

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The compound commonly referred to as Hydrogen Peroxide, has the chemical formula H2O2. What is it's IUPAC name?

• Hydrogen Dioxide

• Dihydrogen Bioxide

• Dihydrogen Dioxide

• Dihydrogen Monoxide

What is a binary acid?

• An acid that contains both a hydrogen atom and an oxyanion

• An acid that contains hydrogen and one or more atoms of other elements

• An acid that produces hydroxide ions in solution

• An acid that contains only hydrogen atoms.

A compound that produces hydrogen ions (H+) in solution is called a ______.

• Base

• Salt

• Acid

• Neutral compound

According to IUPAC nomenclature, the prefix ____ is added to the root word of the second element in a binary acid, followed by the suffix -ic ?

• hydro-

• hypo-

• per-

• meta-