Question

What is the chemical name of ${\mathrm{Mn}}_3{\left({\mathrm{BO}}_3\right)}_2$?

Answer 1

Nomenclature for the ionic compound

• The positive ion is always the first to be written.
• If the positive ion is formed from a transition metal, then its oxidation state must be written in roman numerals.
• The negative ion is written next with a suffix added at the end of the negative ion. The suffix used is '-ide'.
• If the negative ion is a polyatomic ion, then its name is only writen.

Chemical name of ${\mathrm{Mn}}_3{\left({\mathrm{BO}}_3\right)}_2$

• In the given formula, the metal present is Manganese.
• In the given formula, a polyatomic ion is present which is a borate ion.
• The chemical name of ${\mathrm{Mn}}_3{\left({\mathrm{BO}}_3\right)}_2$ is Manganese(II) Borate .