Chemistry quiz - What's the correct chemical NAME for water?

Nothing wrong with it, but how is it to associate with hydroxide? To generate H2O from H- and OH-, we've got to get rid of the two electrons, and therefore must have either a cationic intermediate or two radicals.

Boring but true answer: None of the ~20 chemists I know say anything else but "water".

The interesting answer is given in the FAQ of the authoritive website on this dangerous, lethal substance, dhmo.org. "Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the unstable radical Hydroxide, the components of which are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. "

Boring but true answer: None of the ~20 chemists I know say anything else but "water".

The interesting answer is given in the FAQ of the authoritive website on this dangerous, lethal substance, dhmo.org. "Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the unstable radical Hydroxide, the components of which are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol. "

patiodog wrote:

Nothing wrong with it, but how is it to associate with hydroxide? To generate H2O from H- and OH-, we've got to get rid of the two electrons, and therefore must have either a cationic intermediate or two radicals.

Fair enough. But Oxygen dihydride has the same problem. So if you start the name with the Anion, which I admit uncommon, how do you call the H+ part if you don't call it "acid"?

"Dihydrogen monoxide", shortened to "DHMO", is a name for water that is consistent with the basic rules of chemical nomenclature,[2] but is not among the names published by IUPAC[2] and is almost exclusively used as a joke or hoax.