Oxoacids acceptable common names

Table IR-8.1 Acceptable common names and systematic (additive) names for oxoacid and related structures... 

This Table gives acceptable common names, functional replacement names (see Section IR-8.6) and systematic (additive) names for compounds related to oxoacids in Table IR-8.1 and certain isomers and corresponding anions. The examples given are derived by formal replacement of an O atom/O atoms, or of an OH group/OH groups, by (an)other atom(s) or group(s). 

The first level of nomenclature, beyond the assignment of totally trivial names, gives some systematic information about a substance but does not allow the inference of composition. Most of the common names of the oxoacids (e.g. sulfuric acid, perchloric acid) and of their salts are of this type. Such names may be termed semi-systematic and as long as they are used for common materials and understood by chemists, they are acceptable. However, it should be recognized that they may hinder compositional understanding by those with limited chemical training. 

All inorganic oxoacids for which a common name containing the word acid is still acceptable according to the present recommendations are listed in Table IR-8.1 together with additive names to illustrate how systematic names may be given. 

Table IR-8.1 also includes anions derived from the neutral oxoacids by successive dehydronation. Many of these anions also have common names that are still acceptable, in some cases in spite of the fact that they are based on nomenclature principles that are now otherwise abandoned (e.g. nitrate/nitrite and perchlorate/chlorate/chlorite/hypochlorite). For names involving the prefix hydrogen , see Sections IR-8.4 and IR-8.5.

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