Identify the proper name of the following compounds written in bold: AgCl2 Silver (II) chloride - based on other transitional metals, this seems to follow the patter Silver dichloride -, according to a NIH.gov website silver chloride - however, I think this is AgCl Zn(NO3)2 zinc (II) nitrate - again based on other transitional metals; however, some sources say it should only be zinc nitrate. Cd(NO3)3 cadmium (III) nitrate, however, cadmium always has a charge of 2+ according to a source. I am quite confused in naming these transitional metals because according to harper college, silver always has a charge of +1, while zinc and cadmium always have a charge of +2. However, based on our experiment, we used the compounds written in bold letters and it seems that it does not follow the source. I just want to know how to properly name these compounds.
Classes Of Functional Groups
Organic Chemistry deals mostly with carbon and hydrogens, also called hydrocarbons, but those groups which replace hydrogen and bonds with carbon to give a characteristic nature, unique of their own, to the hydrocarbon they are attached to, are called functional groups. All the compounds belonging to a functional group undergo reactions in a similar pattern and are known to have similar physical and chemical properties.
Characteristics Of Functional Groups
In organic chemistry, we encounter a number of special substituent groups which are attached to the hydrocarbon backbone. These groups impart certain characteristics to the molecule of which it is a part of and thus, become the highlight of that particular molecule.
IUPAC Nomenclature
In Chemistry, IUPAC stands for International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry which suggested a systematic naming approach for the organic and inorganic compounds, as in the beginning stage of nomenclature one single chemical compound was named in many ways by which lead to confusion. The need for this approach aroused as the number of chemical compounds newly discovered were increasing (approximately 32 million compounds) and the basic concept of nomenclature i.e. the trivial nomenclature and the derived system of nomenclature failed to overcome the challenge. It is an important task to name a chemical compound systematically and unambiguously which reduces lots of confusion about the newly reported compounds.
Identify the proper name of the following compounds written in bold:
AgCl2
- Silver (II) chloride - based on other
transitional metals , this seems to follow the patter - Silver dichloride -, according to a NIH.gov website
- silver chloride - however, I think this is AgCl
Zn(NO3)2
- zinc (II) nitrate - again based on other transitional metals; however, some sources say it should only be zinc nitrate.
Cd(NO3)3
- cadmium (III) nitrate, however, cadmium always has a charge of 2+ according to a source.
I am quite confused in naming these transitional metals because according to harper college, silver always has a charge of +1, while zinc and cadmium always have a charge of +2. However, based on our experiment, we used the compounds written in bold letters and it seems that it does not follow the source. I just want to know how to properly name these compounds.
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