Use the iupac nomenclature rules to give the name for this compound - n2o3. a) nitrogen oxide b) nitrogen trioxide c) nitrogen (ii) oxide d) dinitrogen trioxide

D)  dinitrogen trioxide

Explanation:

is a covalent compound because sharing of electrons takes place between nitrogen and oxygen. Both the elements are non-metals and hence, will form covalent bond.

The nomenclature of covalent compound is given by:

1. The less electronegative element is written first.

2. The more electronegative element is written then, and a suffix is added with it. The suffix added is '-ide'.

3. If atoms of an element is greater than 1, then prefixes are added which are 'mono' for 1 atom, 'di' for 2 atoms, 'tri' for 3 atoms and so on.

Thus the name of is dinitrogen trioxide.