| Common name | IUPAC Name | Formula |
| methyl isocyanide | methylisocyanide | CH3NC |
| triphenyl phosphine | triphenyl phosphine / triphenyl phosp | PPh3 |
| pyridine | pyridine | C5H5N (py) |
| ammonia | ammine | NH3 |
| methyl amine | methylamine | MeNH2 |
| water | aqua or aquo | H2O |
| carbonyl | carbonyl | CO |
| thiocarbonyl | thiocarbonyl | CS |
| nitrosyl | nitrosyl | NO |
| fluoro | fluoro or fluorido* | F - |
| chloro | chloro or chlorido* | Cl - |
| bromo | bromo or bromido* | Br - |
| iodo | iodo or iodido* | I - |
| cyano | cyanido or cyanido-C* (C-bonded) | CN - |
| isocyano | isocyanido or cyanido-N * (N-bonded) | NC - |
| thiocyano | thiocyanato-S (S-bonded) | SCN - |
| isothiocyano | thiocyanato-N (N-bonded) | NCS - |
| cyanato (cyanate) | cyanato-O (O-bonded) | OCN - |
| isocyanato (isocyanate) | cyanato-N (N-bonded) | NCO - |
| hydroxo | hydroxo or hydroxido* | OH - |
| nitro | nitrito-N (N-bonded) | NO2 - |
| nitrito | nitrito-O (O-bonded) | ONO - |
| nitrate | nitrato | NO3 - |
| amido | amido | NH2 - |
| imido | imido | NH 2- |
| nitride | nitrido | N 3- |
| azido | azido | N3 - |
| hydride | hydrido | H - |
| oxide | oxido | O 2- |
| peroxide | peroxido | O2 2- |
| superoxide | superoxido | O2 - |
| acetate | acetato | CH3COO - |
| sulphate | sulphato | SO4 2- |
| thiosulphate | thiosulphato | S2O3 2- |
| sulphite | sulphito | SO3 2- |
| hydrogen sulphite | hydrogensulphito | HSO3 - |
| sulphide | sulphido or thio | S 2- |
| hydrogen sulphide | hydrogensulphido or mercapto | HS - |
| thionitrito | thionitrito | (NOS) - |
| nitrosylium | nitrosylium or nitrosonium | NO + |
| nitronium | nitronium | NO2 + |
