Question

If a new halogen were discovered with the name sapline and the symbol Sa, how would the following acids of sapline be named?

Answer 1

If a new halogen were discovered with the name sapline and the symbol Sa, it should be name HSa. The fact that it ends with an -ine, it belongs to the group 7 of the periodic table. The anion for this groups bears a -1 in the power and when this react with water, it releases an acid of HSa.