Naming Conventions
First off, am i right in assuming that all non-binary inorganic compounds containing no ions are bound to be covalent? (i mean, sure there are metallic alloys and stuff, but they also do sort of have cations floating around right? that's how i remember it. and other than metallic alloys, i don't think there are any other types of compounds that fit this description.)
If yes, then am I also right about their being no naming convention for such compounds?
an example of such a compound that comes to mind is POCl3, but its name (Phosphorous oxychloride) is in accordance with how we name coordination compounds. is this just a coincidence/exception or do we follow the naming convention of coordination compounds for compounds like POCl3 as well?
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@Dexter
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I know this is about oc and ioc.
But this is how it is :D
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that was a nice read, and it does have to do with the distinctions i was trying to make at first with specifying that the compound be inorganic so as to make clear that i'm not talking about organic nomenclature, but it makes me feel that naming conventions are even less reliable than i initially thought, and that you only gain intuition about naming compounds as you go on studying chemistry :')
to clarify - what i was talking about is how since you can't always classify a compound as inorganic or organic, i assume it'd be confusing naming such compounds. it does seem like the compound with palladium at the centre is named using some convention though.
sorry if i'm too fixated on naming conventions and missing what you were trying to convey 😅
Clayden
haan it doesnt matter, you can look it up more often than not :D
and it is more important to figure out what the species is
than how to name it :)
na na its cool. a doubt is a doubt
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it has wonderful things to say about nomenclature too
No way, I couldn't recognise Clayden? :sweaty:
This is a hard copy. Second edition.
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