NaClO is neutral, Na is +1, O is 2- so Cl has a 1+ oxidation state so sodium (i) chlorate ( as it has chlorine and oxygen)
That's not right. You don't say that sodium is in ox. st. (I) because that's all it can be. What you do have to specify is the oxidation state of chlorine.
Sodium chlorate(I) is the systematic IUPAC name for the compound. Wikipedia says "sodium hypochlorite" as that is the name which has been grandfathered in, but is not systematic. It's the same reason you're allowed to call propan-2-one acetone and methanal formaldehyde.
You would only get the marks if you say sodium chlorate(I) .
That's not right. You don't say that sodium is in ox. st. (I) because that's all it can be. What you do have to specify is the oxidation state of chlorine.
Sodium chlorate(I) is the systematic IUPAC name for the compound. Wikipedia says "sodium hypochlorite" as that is the name which has been grandfathered in, but is not systematic. It's the same reason you're allowed to call propan-2-one acetone and methanal formaldehyde.
You would only get the marks if you say sodium chlorate(I) .
Yeah i know that but im saying that is the oxidation state of sodium in this compound ( and all compounds) and oxygen is 2 (may be 1 in peroxides) so chlorine is +1 to make it neutral though i guess i could have omitted the sodium ox state as it is constantly the same
Yeah i know that but im saying that is the oxidation state of sodium in this compound ( and all compounds) and oxygen is 2 (may be 1 in peroxides) so chlorine is +1 to make it neutral though i guess i could have omitted the sodium ox state as it is constantly the same
That's not right. You don't say that sodium is in ox. st. (I) because that's all it can be. What you do have to specify is the oxidation state of chlorine.
Sodium chlorate(I) is the systematic IUPAC name for the compound. Wikipedia says "sodium hypochlorite" as that is the name which has been grandfathered in, but is not systematic. It's the same reason you're allowed to call propan-2-one acetone and methanal formaldehyde.
You would only get the marks if you say sodium chlorate(I) .