Ionic and Molecular (Covalent) Compounds

Naming and Formula Writing Review

1. Write the formula for the following binary ionic compounds.

a. calcium chloride ____CaCl2_______________
b. sodium fluoride ____NaF_______________
c. magnesium oxide ____MgO_______________
d. aluminum fluoride ____AlF3_______________
e. aluminum sulfide ____Al2S3_______________
f. lithium oxide ____Li2O_______________
g. lead(IV) oxide ____PbO2_______________
h. copper(II) fluoride ____CuF2_______________
i. sodium phosphide ____Na3P_______________
j. lithium nitride ____Li3N_______________

2. Name the following binary ionic compounds.

a. SrI2 ____strontium iodide_______________

b. Li2O ____lithium oxide_______________
c. AgF ____silver fluoride_______________
d. FeCl3 ____iron(III) chloride_______________
e. CuO ____copper(II) oxide_______________

3. Write the formula for the following covalent compounds.

a. carbon tetrachloride ____CCl4_______________

b. carbon trioxide ____CO3_______________
c. dinitrogen pentoxide ____N2O5_______________
d. sulfur hexafluoride ____SF6_______________
e. dinitrogen hetpoxide ____N2O7_______________
f. phosphorus pentachloride ____PCl5_______________

4. Name the following covalent (molecular) binary compounds.

a. CO ____carbon monoxide________________
b. N2O ____dinitrogen monoxide______________
c. N2O3 ____dinitrogen trioxide________________
d. PCl5 ____phosphorus pentachloride___________
e. CS2 ____carbon disulfide________________

5. Name the following ionic compounds that contain polyatomic ions.

a. CuSO4 ____copper (II) sulfate________________

b. Mg(OH)2 ____magnesium hydroxide_____________
c. NaHCO3 ____sodium hydrogen carbonate_______
d. CaCO3 ____calcium carbonate________________
 e. NaNO3 ____sodium nitrate__________________
f. BaSO4 ____barium sulfate__________________
g. AlPO4 ____aluminum phosphate______________
h. KClO3 ____potassium chlorate_______________

6. Write formulas for the following ionic compounds containing polyatomic ions.

a. barium sulfite ____BaSO3__________________

b. ammonium nitrite ____NH4NO2__________________
c. lithium sulfate ____Li2SO4__________________
d. sodium acetate ____NaC2H3O2__________________
e. calcium carbonate ____CaCO3__________________
f. barium hydroxide ____Ba(OH)2__________________
g. calcium chlorate ____Ca(ClO3)2__________________
h. magnesium chlorite ____Mg(ClO2)2__________________

7. For each of the following questions, determine whether the compound is ionic or
covalent and name it appropriately.

a. P2O5 _____diphosphorus pentoxide__________

b. NH3 _____nitrogen trihydride______________
c. FeSO4 _____iron(II) sulfate_________________
d. CoBr2 _____cobalt bromide_________________
e. CO _____carbon monoxide_____________
f. Ag3P _____silver phosphide_________________
g. PbS _____lead sulfide_________________
h. Cr(CO3)3 _____chromium carbonate____________
i. Cu3PO4 _____copper(I) phosphate____________
j. CH4 carbon tetrahydride

8. For each of the following, determine whether the compound is ionic or covalent
and write the appropriate formula for it.

a. dinitrogen trioxide _____N2O3__________________

b. silicon tetrafluoride _____SiF4__________________
c. aluminum hydroxide _____Al(OH)3__________________
d. lithium acetate _____LiC2H3O2__________________
e. copper(I) phosphate _____Cu3PO4__________________
f. titanium(IV) nitrate _____Ti(NO3)4__________________
g. disilicon hexabromide _____Si2Br6__________________
h. ammonium oxide _____(NH4)2O__________________
i. iron(II) sulfide _____FeS__________________
j. lithium bromide _____LiBr____________________________