I guess you might understand by now that I'm really new to chemistry. I wish I could understand why everything is named the way it is but for me it all just seems to jumble/intersect. I think I might have a (moderate) case of dyscalculia (but no dyslexia) because I can't seem to quantify, understand clearly or put the defining factors for the 2-dimensional (binary) nomenclature in a good, organized hierarchy/function/table fluently enough without frustrating myself. I'll try to put down my thoughts in the order they come here...
Take CH3OH;
From my understanding, when breaking down the elements it's:
(1 Carbon + 1 Hydrogen)3 + (1 Oxygen + 1 Hydrogen)
And in my head, it would be called Tricarbonhydrate (mon-)oxy(gen)hydride - if you can follow my thoughts.
And then starts the transitions in my head...
Variation #1:Tricarbohydrate Monohydroxide.
The rule seems to be, with the anion in the cation compound; Even without oxygen, it's "oxidated" one more than -ite. Thus calling the hydrogen hydrate. I suppose this is the same with other oxidated anions, for example -ide for it's original state etc. Carbon also loses n to the vowel o for some reason. And then there's the original exception in the nomenclature rules for oxygen. It's read after the anion in the anion compound when it's written OH. And anyway, how would I know if there are more exceptions like this out there if I didn't do my research? It's frustrating without set rules...
Variation #2: Tricarbonate or Trihydrocarbonate or Trihydrate Monohydrate?!
Taking my next step in the spirit of oxidation nomenclature but with no exceptions and much thrashing about, I end up at aforementioned... if I were to type those out in formulas per this particular logic lacking the exception-variable it'd be: CH3OH, HC3(OH), or even H3(OH). Except they're just blasphemy; The first one doesn't match the formula-name and it's apparently O3C(OH), the second one doesn't work out due to a number of factors and the third one just turned into something else entirely.
...and then: MeOH?! Methanol, Methyl Hydrate, Methyl Hydroxide?!
All of a sudden, wham bam, kazam. Where's the logics? How do I put two and two together in an equation with a bunch of unknown exceptions? Has it turned into a function with a pre-set table of variables? Because, sure, everyday you create new compounds and they all have names too and you suddenly need to learn them as a language of names instead of mathematics. Meaning, it's all just pure memorization apart from the basic rules and at the end of it, no control at all?
Returning to exceptions: H3C(OH) and O3C(OH)
Why is it suddenly called Tricarbonic (mono)hydrate(hydroxide)? Due to another exception? So now we have two exceptions, acidic when you add a hydrogen at the start of the reaction formula... But what happens if you use none of these two for oxidation? I'm so lost in the nomenclature apart from the simple binary prefixes and suffixes...
Are there any simple lists of what exceptions there are in the nomenclature?