CHEMICAL FORMULAE &

EQUATIONS
3.5 Ionic Formula &
Naming Chemical Compounds
At the end of this lesson you should be able to:

1. Write ionic formulae of ions correctly.

2. Construct chemical formulae of ionic

compounds correctly.

3. State the names of chemical compounds using

IUPAC nomenclature.
3.5 Ionic Formulae

IONS

Particles with charges

Y+ Xˉ

Positively charged Negatively

ions called charged ions
CATIONS called ANIONS
Formed from Formed from non-
metal atom metal atom
3.5 Ionic Formulae
IONIC COMPOUND

Made up of
CATION & ANION
EXAMPLES:

Compound Cation Anion

Zinc bromide 2+
Zn Brˉ

Potassium K
+
O²ˉ
oxide
3.5 Ionic Formulae

Constructing ionic formula of an ionic compound

Example: Potassium oxide

1. Determine the cation and +

anion involved. K O²ˉ
2. Balance the positive and
negative charges. 2 1
3. Write the ionic formula
without the charges. K2O
3.5 Ionic Formulae

Construct the ionic formula for these compounds:

• Calcium chloride
• Sodium bromide
• Magnesium hydroxide
• Aluminium carbonate
• Potassium permanganate
• Ammonium sulphate
3.5 Naming Chemical Compounds

For ionic compounds:

RULE 1
i. Name the cation.
ii. Name the anion.

EXAMPLE:

Na+ Sodium ion

Sodium
chloride
Cl - Chloride ion
3.5 Naming Chemical Compounds

The use of Roman numerals

RULE 2
For certain metals that can form
more than one type of ions

Metal Ions
Copper, Cu
Cu + Cu 2+
Iron, Fe
Fe 2+ Fe 3+
Manganese,
Mn Mn 2+ Mn 4+

EXAMPLE: Copper(II) oxide Copper(I) oxide

3.5 Naming Chemical Compounds

For simple molecular compounds:

RULE 3
i. Maintain the name of the 1st element
ii. Name of the 2nd element is added with
‘ide’

EXAMPLE:

H+ Hydrogen ion
Hydrogen
chloride
Cl - Chloride ion
 The used of Greek prefixes
RULE 4
To show the number of atoms of
each elements in a compound.

EXAMPLE:

Chemical formula Naming

NO Nitrogen monoxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
SO3 Sulphur trioxide
3.5 Naming Chemical Compounds

Name the following formulae:

• KBr
• LiCl
• ZnSO4
• NaHCO3
• Ca(OH)2
• AlPO4
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QUIZ
POP QUIZ!!!

Construct the chemical formulae of the following

compounds:
Calcium chloride

Copper(II) oxide

Magnesium carbonate

Lead sulphite

Iron(II) hydroxide
POP QUIZ!!!

Name the following compounds:

Ba(NO3)2

CuCl2

NaHCO3
AlPO4

(NH4)3PO4