Asked by Dee Dee

the correct name for the compound H2Te is

hydrogen telluride
dihydrogen telluride
dihydrogen monotelluide
hydrogen monotelluride

please explain why. I am having a very hard time comprehending this stuff.

Thanks
Answered by DrBob222
This is named hydrogen telluride. If you answered this in my class as dihydrogen telluride I probably would give you credit for it (because it is an unambiguous name) but I don't think that is the IUPAC official name.
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