Parent names of mononuclear hydrides

Formula	Parent hydride name	Trivial name	Binary name	Additive name	ChEBI
Group 13 (III)
BH3	borane	—	boron trihydride	trihydridoboron	CHEBI:30149
AlH3	alumane	alane a	aluminium trihydride	trihydridoaluminium	CHEBI:30136
GaH3	gallane	—	gallium trihydride	trihydridogallium	CHEBI:30427
InH3	indigane	indane b	indium trihydride	trihydridoindium	CHEBI:30429
TlH3	thallane	—	thallium trihydride	trihydridothallium	CHEBI:30437
Group 14 (IV)
CH4	carbane c	methane d	carbon tetrahydride	tetrahydridocarbon	CHEBI:16183
SiH4	silane	—	silicon tetrahydride	tetrahydridosilicon	CHEBI:29389
GeH4	germane	—	germanium tetrahydride	tetrahydridogermanium	CHEBI:30443
SnH4	stannane	—	tin tetrahydride	tetrahydridotin	CHEBI:30419
PbH4	plumbane	—	lead tetrahydride	tetrahydridolead	CHEBI:30181
Group 15 (V)
NH3	azane	ammonia	nitrogen trihydride	trihydridonitrogen	CHEBI:16134
PH3	phosphane	phosphine e	phosphorus trihydride	trihydridophosphorus	CHEBI:30278
AsH3	arsane	arsine e	arsenic trihydride	trihydridoarsenic	CHEBI:47217
SbH3	stibane	stibine e	antimony trihydride	trihydridoantimony	CHEBI:30288
BiH3	bismuthane	bismuthine e	bismuth trihydride	trihydridobismuth	CHEBI:30421
Group 16 (VI)
H2O	oxidane	water	dihydrogen oxide	dihydridooxygen	CHEBI:15377
H2S	sulfane	hydrosulfuric acid f	dihydrogen sulfide	dihydridosulfur	CHEBI:16136
H2Se	selane	hydroselenic acid f	dihydrogen selenide	dihydridoselenium	CHEBI:16503
H2Te	tellane	hydrotelluric acid f	dihydrogen telluride	dihydridotellurium	CHEBI:49907
H2Po	polane	hydropolonic acid f	dihydrogen polonide	dihydridopolonium	CHEBI:30444
Group 17 (VII)
HF	fluorane	hydrofluoric acid f	hydrogen fluoride	fluoridohydrogen	CHEBI:29228
HCl	chlorane	hydrochloric acid f	hydrogen chloride	chloridohydrogen	CHEBI:17883
HBr	bromane	hydrobromic acid f	hydrogen bromide	bromidohydrogen	CHEBI:47266
HI	iodane	hydroiodic acid f	hydrogen iodide	iodidohydrogen	CHEBI:43451
HAt	astatane	hydroastatic acid f	hydrogen astatide	astatidohydrogen	CHEBI:30418

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1. Not recommended by IUPAC since “the systematically derived name of the substituent group –AlH₂ would be ‘alanyl’ which is the well-established name of the acyl group derived from the amino acid alanine”.
2. Not recommended by IUPAC since indane is “well established as the name of the hydrocarbon 2,3-dihydroindene”.
3. Not recommended by IUPAC “because of the universal use of the name ‘methane’”.
4. Recommended by IUPAC as the parent hydride name for substitutive nomenclature.
5. Not recommended by IUPAC.
6. Only refers to aqueous solution of this compound.