Naming Acids

I use this flowchart to help me correctly name acids. The flowchart has helped me memorize the different prefixes and suffixes used to name acids. Factors that determine how an acid is named are whether it contains oxygen, and if so, what the ending of the anion is. If the anion doesn't contain oxygen, it is named using the prefix hydro- and the suffix -ic. Depending on the ending of an anion that does contain oxygen, the suffix is different. For an anion that has the ending -ite, the acid is named with the suffix -ous. For an anion that has the ending -ate, it is named with the suffix -ic