How can you name chemical compounds from their formula in the following cases? Give examples in support of your answer
(ii) if the compound contains two non-metals only

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Molecular compounds, formed by the combination of two different non-metals, are written in such a way that the less electronegative element is written on the left-hand side, while the more electronegative element is written on the right-hand side.
In naming molecular compounds, the name of the less electronegative non-metal is written as such but the name of the more electronegative element
is changed to have the ending ‘ide’.
Example:
Compound formed by hydrogen nonmetal(less electronegative) and sulfur nonmetal(more electronegative) is named hydrogen sulphide.
Compound formed by hydrogen nonmetal(less electronegative) and chlorine nonmetal(more electronegative) is named hydrogen chloride.

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