Chemistry 101
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D. Hamilton, Instructor
Chemistry is Elementary
What is the name of the chemical in the picture?
Objective– Naming ionic
compounds from formulas
– Writing formulas from ionic compounds
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Cation Charges
Transition Metals Requiring Roman Numerals
Transition Metals can form more than one kind of charged ion.
Roman Numerals are used to indicate the charge when naming them:– Fe2+ iron II ion or ferrous ion– Fe3+ iron III ion or ferric ion
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Simple Anion Charges
Nomenclature Flow Diagram
What kind of element is first in the compound? Metal? Nonmetal? Hydrogen?
Ionic compoundM cation + NM
anionRoman numeral shows charge on transition metal
Binarycation elemental
nameAnion ends in
-ide
Ternarycation elemental
namePolyatomic ion ends
in –ite or -ate
Molecular compound NM + NM
Prefixes used to tell how many. Name
ends in –ide
Mono di tri tetra penta hexa hepta octa
nona deca
Acidic compoundHydrogen + NM-ending in name
depends on anion present
Binary H + anion
Hydro______icUse root name of
anion
TernaryH + polyatomic ion
Name anionName polyatomic
-ite -ous-ate- ite
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Naming Simple Ionic Compounds
Name the compound whose formula is CaCl2
Name the two ions present:
Metal cation Nonmetal anion
Ca2+ Cl1-
Name: calcium chloride
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To name the ions present:
Remember that metals use the element name nonmetals change end of name
to -ide.
Name the compound KI.
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Name these simple binary ionic compounds:
Li2S Mg3N2
AlI3 CaSe KBr
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Answers:
Formula
Li2S
Mg3N2
AlI3
CaSe
KBr
Name
lithium sulfide
magnesium nitride
aluminum iodide
calcium selenide
potassium bromide
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Writing an Ionic Compound’s Formula
Step 1: Write ions for elements in the name.
Step 2: Balance charges by one of twomethods.
Step 3: Place subscripts behind each elementif needed.
Sodium chloride
Na1+ Cl1-
NaCl11
Balancing Charges I
Write the formula for tin (II) fluoride.
Step 1: Write the ions Sn2+ and F1-.
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Balancing Charges II
Write the formula for tin (II) fluoride.
Step 2: How many of each ion will it take to balance the charge electrically?
+ F1-
+ F1-
1Sn(2+) + 2F(-1) = 013
Sn
Balancing Charges III
Write a formula for tin (II) fluoride.
1Sn(2+) + 2F(-1) = 0
Step 3: Place subscripts behind each element.
SnF2 14
Crisscrossing Charges I
Write the formula for magnesium nitride.
Step 1: Write the ions: Mg2+ and N3-
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Crisscrossing Charges II
Write the formula for magnesium nitride.
Step 2: Crisscross charges to become
subscripts but delete the sign on the charge:
Mg2+ N3-
Mg3N2
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Crisscrossing Charges III
Write the formula for magnesium nitride.
Step 3: Check the algebraic sum and completethe formula with subscripts:
3Mg(2+) + 2N(-3) = 0
Mg3N2
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Write a formula for:
Lithium oxide
Copper (II)sulfide
Aluminum selenide
Answers:Names Lithium oxide
Copper(II) sulfide
Aluminum selenide
Ions Formula
Li1+ O2- Li2O
Cu2+ S2- CuS
Al3+ Se2- Al2Se3
…and now a parting riddle…
Two atoms are leaving Blackboard’s EyeOn Cafe.
Atom A says to Atom B, “I think I left my electrons inside.”
Atom B says, “Are you sure?”
“Yes,” Atom A replies. “I’m positive!”
Atom B says, “That’s OK, I picked them up!”
Who are these two atoms now?
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Credits
Creative Commons/Flicker images found on slides 2, 6, 7, 10-12. Retrieved 3:00 PM June 22, 2009 from http://creativecommons.org/ and http://www.flickr.com
Graphics on slides 3, 4 from Instructor Resource CD that accompanies Karen Timberlake’s General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life, 2nd edition, (2007), Pearson Publishing, San Francisco.
Slide 16 Cybart image from Microsoft Office 2007 clipart. Riddle adapted from a joke told on National Public Radio
original author is unknown.
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