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What is the name for #C Cl_4#?

Answer 1

Carbon Tetrachloride

You should not mistakenly state that this is carbon chloride because it is a covalent compound rather than an ionic one. Here is a list of prefixes; I believe it goes like this: 1-Mono 2-Di 3-Tri 4-Tetra 5-Penta 6-Hexa 7-Hepta 8-Octa 9-Nona 10-Deca. You can omit the mono in front of the first compound, but you must write it for the second part of the compound if there is only one. In this case, there is one carbon and four chlorine — hence, carbon tetra-chloride.

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Answer 2

Natalie Anton

Carbon tetrachloride is the abbreviation for CCl4.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

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