NH4+
ammonium
CN-
cyanide
NO3-
nitrate
NO2-
nitrite
OH-
hydroxide
ClO4-
perchlorate
CO3(2-)
carbonate
SO4(2-)
sulphate
SO3(2-)
sulphite
CrO4(2-)
cromate
Cr2O7(2-)
dichromate
PO4(3-)
phosphate
ClO-
hypochlorite
ClO2-
chlorite
ClO3-
chlorate
oxoanions
Anions containing metal (use hypo/ite/ate/per_ate)
covalent
Compound without metals
NH3
ammonia
ide
single ions end with
roman numerals
Identifies the OS of a metal
ate
end of polyatomic compounds with O
Oxidation
Loss of electrons
Reduction
Gain of electrons
Reducing agent
Thing that gets oxidized
Oxidizing agent
Thing that gets reduced
Linear
AX2
trigonal-planar
AX3
bent
AX2E1
tetrahedral
AX4
trigonal-pyramidal
AX3E1
bent
Ax2E2
trigonal-bipyramidal
AX5
seesaw
AX4E1
t-shaped
Ax3E2
linear
AX2E3
octahedral
AX6
Square-pyramidal
Ax5e1
square-planar
Ax4E2
soluble
Na, K NH4+ (solubility)
soluble
NO3-, ClO4- (solubility)
insoluble
Ag, Pb, Hg(I) salts (solubility)
soluble
Cl-, Br+ I- (solubility)
insoluble
Carbonate, S(2-), O(2-), OH- (solubility)
soluble
sulfates (but not with Ba and Ca) (solubility)