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Determining Name from Structure

$What\ would\ you\ name\ NO_{2}?$

Compound → -ide suffix will be added to the final element

Step 1. Name each element in the compound.

Step 2. Determine the number of atoms using Greek prefixes.

mono – 1 hexa – 6

di – 2 hepta – 7

tri – 3 octa – 8

tetra – 4 nona – 9

penta – 5 deca – 10

# atoms	prefix	element	suffix
1	NA	Nitrogen	NA
2	di-	Oxygen	-ide

We do not include mono- as a first element prefix if there were >1 atoms for the first element, prefixes are need

Nitrogen Dioxide

ex. $N_{2}O_{2}\rightarrow Dinitrogen\ Dioxide$

$\ NO\rightarrow Nitrogen\ Monoxide$