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How to Write the Name for CO

Learning to name chemical compounds requires that you:

  • Determine the type of compound you are working with.
  • Apply the rules for naming that type of compound.
  • Practice until it becomes second nature.
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For CO use the hints and resources below to help write the name.

Hint for Naming CO

This is a molecular (also called covalent) compound. Use the prefixes.

Note that when the prefix mono is followed by a vowel we removed the second vowel. So we don't have monooxide.

mono di tri tetra penta hexa hepta octa non dec
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