Compositional nomenclature inorganic acids

IR-1.5.3.2 Compositional nomenclature IR-1.5.3.3 Substitutive nomenclature IR-1.5.3.4 Additive nomenclature IR-1.5.3.5 General naming procedures IR-1.6 Changes to previous IUPAC recommendations IR-1.6.1 Names of cations IR-1.6.2 Names of anions IR-1.6.3 The element sequence of Table VI IR-1.6.4 Names of anionic ligands in (formal) coordination entities IR-1.6.5 Formulae for (formal) coordination entities IR-1.6.6 Additive names of polynuclear entities IR-1.6.7 Names of inorganic acids IR-1.6.8 Addition compounds IR-1.6.9 Miscellaneous... 

Inorganic chemistry is developing in such a way that names based on function are disappearing. and nomenclature is bused preferably on composition and structure, rather than on chemical properties. Chemicai properties such us acidity depend on the reaction medium and a compound named as an acid might well function as a base in some circumstances. 

Certain inorganic and simple carbon-containing compounds are commonly given non-systematic or semi-systematic names containing the word acid . Examples are boric acid or orthoboric acid, metaboric acid, phosphoric acid, diphosphoric acid, cyc/o-triphosphoric acid, cafena-triphosphoric acid, dithionous acid, peroxodisulfuric acid or peroxydisulfuric acid, etc. These names are unique in modern nomenclature in that, interpreted literally, they describe a particular chemical property of the compounds in question. Systematic names are otherwise based solely on composition and structure. 

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