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Ca(OH)2 and CaH2O2
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I was thinking why Ca(OH)2 name is not calcium dihydroxide, instead i found CaH2O2 is named so.
I checked their lewis structure. Both have the same.
What's going on? Different name, and formula, the same structure?
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In catalogs, alphabetical order is most often used. But in the case of organic compounds, the order is; C, H, and other elements in alphabetical order.
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Additionally there is only one Calciumhydroxide, so no need to declare Calciumdihydroxide.
But iron can be Fe(OH)
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iron-II-hydroxide and Fe(OH)
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irom-III- hydroxide.
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