Naming Compounds=“Counting Stars”

By: Kristina W. and Molly G.

• Lately I been, I been losing sleepDreaming about getting all “A”s and “B”s

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hardSo I’m not gonna fail this testCause we'll be studying hard

Yeah, we'll be naming compounds

• I see this compound• (FeSO4)

Is it ionic or is it covalentin my face is flashing signs

• it has nonmetal and a metal

• must be ionicGotta use roman numerals

And add –ide at the endI'm just doing what we're told

• I know SO4 has a charge of 2And I know then that Iron also has a charge of

2I know, SO4, has to stay sulfate

FeSO4 is iron (II) Sulfate

• If the ionic compound was polyatomic • We would leave it alone• And if it was normal

• We would add –ide to the nonmetal

• Lately I been, I been losing sleepDreaming about getting all “A”’s and “B”’s

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hardSo I’m not gonna fail this test

Cause we'll be, we’ll be studying hard

• but if it was a hydratewe would

take the compound then adda prefix in front of hydrate

for examplethisLiClO4 ·3H2O

• is: lithium perchlorate trihydrateAnd if the compound was covalent

we would need to know if it had an “H” in front

•And If it was normal we would just use prefixes

• And add –ide at the end I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn’t liemaybe naming compounds isn’t that

bad

• Lately I been, I been losing sleepDreaming about getting all “A”s and “B”s

But baby, I been, I been prayin' hardSo I’m not gonna fail this testCause we'll be studying hard

• If there was an H in front (hey!)It could be binary with hydro- in front and -ic

acid at the end• But if it was an oxyacid (hey!)

You need to change the end from -ite to -ousor -ate to -ic

• Oh, oh, oh.

[Bridge 4x:]Take that study guide

Watch it burnSing in the river

The lessons I learned

• Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

• To find the Ionic formula(hey!)Identify the charges and criss cross

but to find the formula for covalent compounds (hey!)if there is a prefix no criss crossbut if there is an acid criss crossLately I been, I been losing sleep

Dreaming about getting “A”s and “B”sBut baby, I been, I been prayin' hard

Said we’re not gonna fail this testWe'll be, we'll be studying hard

• [Bridge 4x:]Take that study guide

Watch it burnSing in the river

The lessons I learned