B. Naming lonic Compounds (Section 3-7) 1. Ionic compounds are always written in the order or cation before anion and naming follows this order. 2. The cation just takes the metals name fi.e. Na' is sodium) 3. The anion generally loses the last syllable, which is replaced with ide. 4. Complete the following table of names for these common anions (See Table 3.8) lon Name Element lon Nitrogen Oxygen Sulfur Fluorine Chlorine Bromine C Practice Writing Formulas Write the formulas for the following compounds 1. sodium chloride 2. magnesium bromide 3. calcium bromide 4. iron(ll) oxide 5. iron (II)oxide D. Practice Naming lonic Compounds Name the following compounds 1. AIO 2. Kys 3. Fe2O, 4. Na,N 5. CaCl2