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Salts and hydroxides containing quadricovalent nitrogen, (where the R's may be
the same or different), are named by one of the following methods:
816.1 - The compound is named as a substituted ammonium salt or hydroxide; the names
of the substituting radicals precede the word "ammonium" and then the name of the anion
is added.
Exceptions:
816.4 - When the above rules cannot be applied or lead to inconvenient names, recourse
may be had to two traditional methods of naming salts of organic bases, namely: (a) the
unaltered name of the base is followed by the name of the anion; and (b), for salts of
hydrohalogen acids only, the unaltered name of the base is followed by hydrofluoride,
hydrochloride, hydrobromide, or hydriodide, as the case may be. These methods are
retained for use also in simpler cases but the procedure of Rule C-816.2 is preferred.
Examples, where the structure is indefinite and Rule C-816.2 thus cannot be applied:
816.5 - Complexes formed from bases and phenols are named by citing the name of the
base followed by that of the phenol in its anion form.
Next:
Amides and Imides C-821, C-822, C-823, C-824, C-825, C-826, C-827
Nitriles, Isocyanides, and Their Derivatives C-831, C-832, C-833, C-834
Hydroxylamines and Related Compounds C-841, C-842, C-843
Nitroso and Nitro Compounds C-851, C-852
Amine Radical Ions C-861
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