Cations and Anions Common Simple Cations and Anions CationName AnionName* H 1+ hydrogen H 1- hydride Li 1+ lithium F 1- fluoride Na 1+ sodium Cl 1- chloride K 1+ potassium Br 1- bromide Cs 1+ cesium I 1- iodide Be 2+ beryllium O 2- oxide Mg 2+ magnesium S 2- sulfide Al 3+ aluminum Ag 1+ silver * The root is given in color. Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry  2002, page 86

Example: Aluminum Chloride Step 1: AluminumChloride Step 2: Al 3+ Cl 1- Step 3: Al Cl 13 Step 4: AlCl 3 Criss-Cross Rule

Example: Aluminum Oxide Step 1: Aluminum Oxide Step 2: Al 3+ O 2- Step 3: Al O 23 Step 4: Al 2 O 3 Criss-Cross Rule

Example: Magnesium Oxide Step 1: Magnesium Oxide Step 2: Mg 2+ O 2- Step 3: Mg O 22 Step 4: Mg 2 O 2 Step 5: MgO Criss-Cross Rule

Naming Binary Compounds FormulaName 1 BaO____________________ 2________________ sodium bromide 3 MgI 2 ____________________ 4 KCl____________________ 5________________ strontium fluoride 6________________ cesium fluoride barium oxide NaBr magnesium iodide potassium chloride SrF 2 CsF

Type II Cations Common Type II Cations IonStock System Traditional System Fe 3+ iron (III)ferric Fe 2+ iron (II)ferrous Cu 2+ copper (II)cupric Cu 1+ copper (I)cuprous Co 3+ cobalt (III)cobaltic Co 2+ cobalt (II)cobaltous Sn 4+ tin (IV)stannic Sn 2+ tin (II)stannous Pb 4+ lead (IV)plumbic Pb 2+ lead (II)plumbous Hg 2+ mercury (II)mercuric Hg 2 2+ mercury (I)mercurous * Mercury (I) ions are always bound together in pairs to form Hg 2 2+ Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry  2002, page 90

Naming Binary Compounds FormulaName 1 Hg 2 O____________________ 2 HgO____________________ 3________________ copper (II) fluoride 4________________ copper (I) sulfide 5 Cr 2 O 3 ____________________ 6________________ lead (IV) oxide mercury (I) oxide PbO 2 mercury (II) oxide CuF 2 Cu 2 S chromium (III) oxide

Prefixes – Binary Molecular Compounds Greek Prefixes for Two Nonmetals Number Indicated Prefixes 1mono 2di 3tri 4tetra 5penta 6hexa 7hepta 8octa 9nona 10deca

Binary Compounds Containing Two Nonmetals (Type III Compounds) 1.________________ diarsenic trisulfide 2.________________sulfur dioxide 3. P 2 O 5 ____________________ 4.________________ carbon dioxide 5. N 2 O 5 ____________________ 6. H 2 O____________________ As 2 S 3 SO 2 diphosphorus pentoxide CO 2 dinitrogen pentoxide dihydrogen monoxide

Naming Binary Compounds Binary Compound? Metal Present? Does the metal form more than one cation? Type III Use Greek Prefixes Type I Use the element name for the cation. Type II Determine the charge of the cation; use a Roman numeral after the cation name. Yes No Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry  2002, page 98

Suffixes have meaning ““-ide”binary compound sodium chloride (NaCl) ““-ite” or “-ate”polyatomic compound sulfite(SO 3 2- ) sulfate (SO 4 2- )“-ate” means one more oxygen than “-ite” ““-ol”alcohol methyl alcohol (methanol) ““-ose”sugar sucrose ““-ase”enzyme sucrase

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