NI3 is an extremely sensitive contact explosive.

Use IUPAC rules to name this compound.
Responses
A nitrogen iodidenitrogen iodide
B nitrogen triiodidenitrogen triiodide
C mononitrogen iodidemononitrogen iodide
D mononitrogen triiodide

1 answer

The correct IUPAC name for the compound NI3, which consists of one nitrogen atom and three iodine atoms, is "nitrogen triiodide." Therefore, the correct answer is:

B: nitrogen triiodide