Naming Oxyacids

 Oxyacids are acids made up of

hydrogen, oxygen and one other
element and produce H+ ions when
dissolved in water.
 Many of the common polyatomic ions
become oxyacids by adding hydrogen.
 The suffix “-ate” becomes “-ic” and the
word acid is added to the end.
Remember….

I “ate” liver and I

said “ic”!
Examples:

NO3- nitrate HNO3(aq) nitric acid

CO32- carbonate H2CO3(aq) carbonic acid

SO42- sulfate H2SO4(aq) sulfuric acid

PO43- phosphate H3PO4(aq) phosphoric acid

ClO3- chlorate HClO3(aq) chloric acid

C2H3O2- acetate HC2H3O2(aq) acetic acid

Oxyacids – form different acids by
changing the number of oxygens

HClO4 perchloric acid one extra oxygen

HClO3 chloric acid normal formula

HClO2 chlorous acid one less oxygen

HClO hypochlorous acid two less oxygen

Examples
 What is HNO3?
 nitric acid
 What is HNO2?
 nitrous acid
 What is HNO4?
 pernitric acid
 What is HNO?
 hyponitrous acid
Extra
 Recall that “-ate” ions become “-ic”
acids.
 Likewise, “-ous” acids become “-ite”
ions
 HClO2 is chlorous acid; ClO2- is the
chlorite ion.
 HClO is hypochlorous acid; ClO- is
hypochlorite ion.
Examples
 What is HNO3?
 nitric acid
 What is NaNO3?
 sodium nitrate
 What is HNO2?
 nitrous acid
 What is NaNO2?
 sodium nitrite