I2O5 naming – why is it iodine pentoxide instead of diiodine pentoxide?

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I2O5 naming – why is it iodine pentoxide instead of diiodine pentoxide?

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People are lazy. Diiodine pentoxide is a more precise name for it, but everyone working with it knows that you need two iodine atoms so it’s just called iodine pentoxide.

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