When naming molecular compounds from structural formula Do I name the more metal

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When naming molecular compounds from structural formula
Do I name the more metallic non metal first, so where does hydrogen come, do I assume it goes first since it gives up an electron, or? When naming molecular compounds from structural formula
Do I name the more metallic non metal first, so where does hydrogen come, do I assume it goes first since it gives up an electron, or?
Do I name the more metallic non metal first, so where does hydrogen come, do I assume it goes first since it gives up an electron, or?

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naming of compound

more elctropositive atom (metal) comes first than less electropositive(non metal)

in term of electronegativity

less electronegative first than more elecronegative

with metal hydrogen come second and with non metal more electronegative than hydrogen hydrogen come first

Know what makes a compound ionic. Ionic compounds contain a metal and a nonmetal.

For a two element ionic compound, the naming is simple. The first part of the name is the name of the metal element. The second part is the name of the nonmetal element, with the suffix “-ide.”

Example: Al2O3. Al2 = Aluminium; O3 = Oxygen. So the name would be “aluminium oxide.”

Recognize transition metals. Metals in the D and F blocks of the periodic table are known as transition metals. Their charge is written with a Roman numeral when writing out the compound name. This is because they can have more than one charge and make more than one compound.

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