0.3 Naming Molecular Compounds and Acids (Solution)

1. Please give the name or chemical formula for each of the following molecular compounds:

  • Tetraphosphorus hexasulfide
  • PCl3
  • Dinitrogen tetroxide
  • Cl2O3
  • SF6

2. Please give the name or chemical formula (whichever one isn’t provided) for each of the following molecular acids:

  • HCN
  • H2SO3
  • HClO4
  • H2SO4
  • Hydroiodic acid
  • HClO3

3. Please give the name or chemical formula (whichever one isn’t provided) for each of the following molecular acids:

  • H3PO4
  • HNO3
  • H2CO3
  • HI
  • H3PO3
  • HNO2
  • Hydrobromic acid

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1. P4S6; phosphorus trichloride; N2O4; dichlorine trioxide; sulfur hexafluoride
2. hydrogen cyanide; sulfurous acid; perchloric acid; sulfuric acid; HI; chloric acid
3. phosphoric acid; nitric acid; dihydrogen carbonate/carbonic acid; hydroiodic acid; phosphorous acid; nitrous acid; HBr