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Use the IUPAC nomenclature rules to give the name for this compound - N2O3.

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A nitrogen oxidenitrogen oxide
B nitrogen trioxidenitrogen trioxide
C nitrogen (II) oxidenitrogen (II) oxide
D dinitrogen trioxidedinitrogen trioxide

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The correct IUPAC name for N2O3 is dinitrogen trioxide (option D).

  • The "di-" prefix indicates there are two nitrogen atoms (N2).
  • The "tri-" prefix indicates there are three oxygen atoms (O3).

Thus, the full name is dinitrogen trioxide.