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Naming Compounds with Transition Metals

Transition Metals
Transition metals are the elements in the middle of the periodic table, from group 3 through 12.

While the other families have a definite number of

valence electrons and always from ions of the same
charge, transition metals are a bit complicated.
Many of them actually form multiple ions?

Vanadium, for example actually has 4 oxidation

states! For each ion listed, write the compound it
would make with the chloride ion Cl-.
V +5 VCl5___________
V +4 _______________
V +3 _______________
V +2 _______________

With this in mind, when we name ionic compounds with transition metals, the oxidation state must be
specified with a Roman numeral. Name each of the compounds made with iron below:

FeCl6 Iron(VI) Chloride

FeCl3 _______________________
FeCl2 _______________________
FeCl _______________________

Practice
Write the formula for each of the transition metal ionic compounds.

1. Chromium(VI) bromide

2. Nickel (II) chloride

3. Zinc (II) oxide

4. Zirconium (IV) phosphide

5. Palladium (IV) oxide

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 6. Silver (I) phosphide

7. Niobium (V) sulfide

8. Antimony (III) iodide

9. Copper (II) chloride

10. Vanadium (V) oxide

Write the name of each of these transition metal ionic compounds.

11. MoCl6

12. ZnO

13. FeBr3

14. NiS

15. Os3 P4

16. SnI 4

17. YCl3

18. Co2 S3

19. RuF3

20. TiO 2