Given Formula, Write the Name
We will discuss how to name binary compounds from the formula when two nonmetals are involved.
In this compound, you do not even need to know the charges, because it is a covalent compound, no metal here. Use Greek number for prefix. Here are the first ten:
one mono- six hexa-
two di- seven hepta-
three tri- eight octa-
four tetra- nine nona-
five penta- ten decen a-
1. N2O Dinitrogen oxide
2. Cl2O7 Dichlor heptoxide
Given Name, Write the Formula
1. Nitrogen dioxide, NO2
2. Carbon tetrachloride, CCl4
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