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"Cations able to take on more than one positive charge"

this sentence is ambiguous. Calcium takes on two positive charges, this is more than one positive charge. However the sentence is referring to cations such as cations of copper which can take on more than one amount of positive charge! Surely it isn't quoted from a IUPAC guide on naming convention. Provided these steps were written by wikipedians, they should be made clearer.144.136.38.19 03:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Missing affix defining ligands[edit]

This article is missing the nomenclature for bridging ligands like mu- bridge. See this entrance in the GoldenBook of the IUPAC.[1]. And also when metal-ligand bond is made with a pi-electron ligand (called η (eta or hapto) ). See this entrance [2]. Thanks. --130.79.34.94 (talk) 16:52, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Root of sulphur[edit]

The article says that the root of the element name is used in compounds, except for sulphur, where the whole word is used. But isn't the root of sulphur sulphur? (Latin sulphur, sulphur-is; contrast with Latin chlorum, chlor-i for chlorine.) I think that this so-called "exception" should be deleted from the article. Rwflammang (talk) 15:49, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scope of this article[edit]

This article is not clearly separated from IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry 2005. Here should be only general information and the history of "nomenclature of inorganic chemistry" (e.g. different versions). Not specific information about (current) nomenclature. --Wickey-nl (talk) 13:52, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Missing affix defining ligands[edit]

A troll wrote "DICKS" here. Also, the link to the ACS webpage is broken. ThorHammer17 (talk) 02:05, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Caffeine example[edit]

Hello, I think "The names "caffeine" and "3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione" both signify the same chemical." isn't really the best example to use because it is organic? I'm not too sure, maybe a different one could be used, or this could be kept if its ok Ajlee2006 (talk) 11:44, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For now, how about we stick with the caffeine metaphor since it is well-sourced (and an extreme example of an unwieldy systematic name, which is hard to find in inorganics). However, shall we add a note pointing out that caffeine is organic, but such an example relates to inorganics as well? 35drake (talk) 20:01, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Typo[edit]

Shouldn't it be tetraphosphorousdecoxide instead of tetraphosphorousdecaoxide? 37.111.206.115 (talk) 19:38, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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