This document contains the basic rules for naming chemical compounds. It contains the following: -ic and -ous ending for monatomic metal ions, polyatomic ions, Roman numeral ending for monatomic metal ions, prefixes for the number of atoms in a compound, nitrogen oxides, hypo-, hyper-, -ite, -ate prefixes and suffixes, ionic compounds forming acids, monoprotic, polyprotic, and ternary acids, and the hydrocarbons - alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes.