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Naming and Balancing Chemical Compounds Answers

Chemical Formulas and Naming: Please write chemical formulas for the following compounds.
1) sodium fluoride


NaF

6) butane



C4H10

11) carbon dioxide



CO2

16) silver fluoride


AgF

21)strontium iodide


SrI2

 

2) hydrogen peroxide

H2O2

7) nitrogen dioxide

NO2

12) 2-ethyl hexane


C8H18

17) potassium hydride

KH

22) 2-nonene


C9H18

 

3) aluminum chloride

AlCl3

8) lithium sulfide

Li2S

13) mercury(II) cyanide


Hg(CN)3

18) magnesium oxide

MgO

23) aluminum nitrate

Al(NO3)3

 

4) calcium hydroxide

Ca(OH)2

9) beryllium iodide

BeI2
14) zinc (II) bromide


ZnBr2

19)cyclopropane

C3H6

24) sodium peroxide

Na2O2

 

5) copper (II) iodide

CuI2

10) tin(II) fluoride (Latin: stannous fluoride)
SnF2

15) iron (III) oxide


Fe2O3

20) ammonium chloride

NH4Cl

25) pentyne


C5H8

 

 

Name the following compounds.

1) KClO4

potassium perchlorate

6) Al2(CO3) 3

aluminum carbonate

11) CaS

calcium sulfide

16) NiCrO4

nickel chromate

21) HgBr2

mercury(II)bromide

 

2) AgCl

silver chloride

7) C4H10 (no db bond)
butane

12) BaSO4

barium sulfate

17) (NH4)2SO3

ammonium sulfite

22) HgO

mercury (II) oxide

 

3) FeO

iron (II) oxide

8) CdSiO3

cadium silicate

13) PbCl4

lead (IV) chloride

18) Cs2O

cesium oxide

23) CoC2O4

cobalt (II) oxalate

 

4) LiOH

lithium hydroxide

9) C6H12 (ring)

cyclohexane

14) CuO

copper (II) oxide

19) Na3PO4

sodium phosphate

24) BaCr2O7

barium dichromate

 

5) Na2S

sodium sulfide

10) Cr(C2H3O2)3

chromium(III)acetate

15) Al2O3

aluminum oxide

20) C6H12 (straight chain)
hexene

25) SbCl3

 antimony  chloride

 

 

 

Draw at least 6 isomers of C7H16. What is the name of each of these molecules?   
These are possibilities.  The first isomer has H shown.   The remainder isomers have l or - to indicate where H should be attached.
                                                                                                                       
l
                                                      l                              l    1                       l -C- l  l  l
    H  H  H H H H                 l   l  -C- l  l  l               l -C- -C-l  l                -C C C C C-
H-C-C-C-C-C-C-H          -C C C C C C-          -C-C-C-C-C-               l -C- 1 1 l
    H  H  H H H H                  l   l   l   l   l   l               1 1  1   1  1                     l
       heptane                          3 methyl hexane       2,3 dimethyl pentane      2,2 dimethyl pentane
              l                        
           -C-                                    l
    1  1 -C-  1                        l   l -C- l  l
  -C C C C C -                   -C C C C C-
    1  1  1  1  1                             -C-
3 ethyl pentane                               l 
                                          3,3-dimethyl pentane

 

 

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