The kinds of bonds that use the -ide ending are primarily ionic and covalent bonds.
- In ionic bonding, when a metal and a non-metal combine, the non-metal typically takes an -ide ending (e.g., chloride from chlorine, oxide from oxygen).
- In covalent bonding, similar naming conventions apply when two non-metals bond together, resulting in compounds with -ide endings (e.g., water is H₂O, where it's called dihydrogen oxide).
Metallic bonding does not typically use the -ide ending for naming purposes.