Name Kam Pitiporn

Period 1

Naming Molecular Compounds Worksheet

Molecular compounds are made of nonmetals atoms bonded together by sharing electrons. There are
NO IONS and NO CHARGE involved in covalent bonding.
When we name any molecular compound, we need to find the name of each element in the compound
and to know the prefixes for the total number of atoms of each element in the compound.
PART 1: Here are the prefixes used in naming molecular compounds. Each prefix indicates a number
used in a chemical name. Write each prefix next to the number that that it represents.
hepta

di

tri

non

deca

1-mono

tetra

2-di

penta

octa

hexa

3-tri

4-tetra

8-octa

9-nona

mono

5-penta
6-hexa

7-hepta

deca
PART 2: Name each molecular compound below.
a) P3F4 - Triphosphorus Tetrrafluoride

e) NO Nitrogen Monoxide

b) P7Br Heptaphosphorus Monobromide

f) SiCl6 Silicon Hexachrolide

c) SO3 - Sulfur trioxide

g) IF3- Iodine Trifluride

d) N2O5 Dinitrogen Pentaoxide

PART 3: Write the formula of each molecular compound.
Tribromine nonoxide -Br3O9

Dihydrogen monoxide H2O

Nitrogen dioxide NO2

Octanitrogen tetraoxide :N8O3

Sulfur hexafluoride -SF6

Phosphorus tribromide PBr3

Pentoxygen dichloride O5Cl2

Carbon tetraiodide CI3

Diboron heptoxide B2O7

Dinitrogen hexoxide N2O6

Iodine monobromide -IBr

Carbon monoxide -CO

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