A troublesome point in naming chemical compounds concerns the rules governing when a compound is to be written as a single word (as methylamine) or as two or more words (as methyl chloride). To solve ...A troublesome point in naming chemical compounds concerns the rules governing when a compound is to be written as a single word (as methylamine) or as two or more words (as methyl chloride). To solve this problem, you must determine whether the principle or parent function is an element or a compounds in its own right; if it is either one, then the name is written as a single word.
