Question

Use naming rules to explain why the following statement is not correct.

Answer 1

This problem is providing us with a statement we need to disprove according to the naming rules for naming inorganic compounds. Thus, the correct name must be lead (IV) chloride, basically because it has a metal and a nonmetal.

Inorganic nomenclature

In chemistry, naming chemical species is crucial in order to properly identify each chemical compound among the raft of chemical compounds in nature. Thus, nomenclature rules for compounds such as PbCl₄ demand us to identify their oxidation numbers:

$Pb^{4+}Cl^-_4$

As they account for the name. Thus, since lead is a metal and chlorine a nonmetal, we must use the roman numeral-based nomenclature (stock) as lead has two oxidation numbers and we must distinguish between them.

Thereby, the name must be lead (IV) chloride and that is why the provided name, lead tetrachloride, is wrong as the systematic nomenclature (based on prefixes) applies for molecular compounds (nonmetal+nonmetal) only.

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