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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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