Determining The Nomenclature To Use
| Action | Addition compound? |
Definite stoichiometry? |
mono-atomic? | molecular? | metal present? | Bond to carbon? | transition metal group 3–12? |
main group metal groups 1, 2, 3–6? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treat each component separately use compositional |
Y | |||||||
| Use solids naming | N | N | ||||||
| Element or monoatomic cation/anion/radical naming | N | Y | Y | |||||
| Divide components into "electropositive"/"electronegative" Treat each component separately Use generalised stoichiometric naming |
N | Y | N | N | ||||
| Use Blue book (Organic compound) |
' N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | ||
| Use additive naming for group 3- 12 organometallics |
N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Use substitutive naming for group 3–6 organometallics Use compositional for groups 1–2 organometallics |
N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Use additive naming for coordination complexes | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | |
| Choose either substitutive or additive | N | Y | N | Y | N | N |
Note "treat separately" means to use the decision table on each component
Read more about this topic: IUPAC Nomenclature Of Inorganic Chemistry 2005
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