Table IR-6.

1 Parent names of mononuclear hydrides

methanec azaned oxidanea,d

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fluoraneg
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BH3 borane CH4 NH3 H 2O HF
AlH3 alumanea SiH4 silane PH3 phosphanee H 2S sulfanea,f

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HCl chloraneg
GaH3 gallane GeH4 germane AsH3 arsanee H2Se

n d selanea,f HBr bromaneg

InH3

TlH3
indiganeb

thallane
SnH4

PbH4
stannane

plumbane
SbH3

BiH3
stibanee
bismuthanea
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H2Te

H2Po
tellanea,f

polanea,f
HI

HAt
iodaneg

astataneg

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a The names aluminane, bismane, oxane, thiane, selenane, tellurane and polonane cannot be used since they are the names of saturated six-

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membered heteromonocyclic rings based on the Hantzsch-Widman system (see Section IR-6.2.4.3). The name 'alane' has been used for
AlH3, but must be discarded because the systematically derived name of the substituent group −AlH2 would be 'alanyl' which is the well

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established name of the acyl group derived from the amino acid alanine.

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b The analogous systematic name for InH3 would be 'indane' which is, however, well established as the name of the hydrocarbon 2,3-

dihydroindene. The name 'indiane' would lead to confusion when naming unsaturated derivatives, e.g. 'triindiene' could mean a compound with

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source 'indigo' (from the flame colour of indium).io
two double bonds (a diene) as well as the monounsaturated derivative of triindiane. The parent name 'indigane' derives from the etymological

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c The systematic analogue is 'carbane'. Because of the universal use of the name 'methane' for CH4, 'carbane' is not recommended.

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d The names 'azane' and 'oxidane' are only intended for use in naming derivatives of ammonia and water, respectively, by substitutive

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nomenclature. Examples of such use may be found in Section IR-6.4. In Section P.62 of Ref. 1 many organic derivatives of ammonia are
named on the basis of the substituent group suffixes 'amine' and 'imine'.

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e The systematic names 'phosphane', 'arsane' and 'stibane' are used throughout this book. The names 'phosphine', 'arsine' and 'stibine' are not

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f Sulfane, when unsubstituted, may also be named 'hydrogen sulfide' or, better, 'dihydrogen sulfide' (compositional nomenclature, Chapter IR-

5). However, a compositional name cannot be used as a parent name. Corresponding remarks apply to selane, tellane, and polane.

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g The names 'fluorane', 'chlorane', 'bromane', 'iodane' and 'astatane' are included here because they are the basis for the formation of

substitutive names of ions, radicals and substituent groups (see IR-6.4.7 and Table IX for examples). The unsubstituted hydrides may also be

be used as parent names.

n d
named 'hydrogen fluoride', 'hydrogen bromide', etc. (compositional nomenclature, Chapter IR-5). However, these compositional names cannot

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