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Beware of Dihydrogen Monoxide. It’s very dangerous!!!
Causes thousands of deaths annually (via inhalation)
Accelerates corrosion of metals
Found in every cancerous tumour
Major component of acid rain
Leads to severe burns in gas form
Detected in baby food and vaccines
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I agree that hydroxile hydride is the best, but the dihydro ether one is wrong. Ethers are defined by carbon bound to oxygen. No carbon bound to oxygen? No ether!
- Hydroxyl hydride feels wrong given that hydride is H-. So what's a good name for HO+...? Oxenium hydride? Hydrenium hydride? (comparing carbonium (CR4H+) vs carbenium (CR3+) and oxonium/hydronium (H3O+))
  
  Good point, maybe hydroxonium for OH+? I just know I never want to be in the same lab as a real OH+ species. Sounds like one of those "things I don't want to work with"
Here's some other dank names from the Wikipedia info card thing:
Oxidane
Hydrogen oxide
Hydrogen hydroxide (H2O or HOH)
Hydroxylic acid
Dihydrogen monoxide
Dihydrogen oxide
Hydric acid
Hydrohydroxic acid
Hydroxic acid
Hydroxoic acid
Hydrol
μ-Oxidodihydrogen
κ1-Hydroxylhydrogen(0)
Aqua
Neutral liquid
Oxygen dihydride
- Hydrol sounds like bottled water you'd buy at the pharmacy
Star rust is also a cool name
Oxidane.
Doesn't an acid have to be an acid, though?
- amphotericity is some weird shit, so yes. Water also an acid. (100% butchered the translation)
  
  In that situation, is it called hydroxic acid, as OP says?
- It can behave like an acid by donating a proton when mixed with a stronger base.
- When you mix it with water, it'll form a hydronium ion, what else do you need?
I think oxenium hydride would be more appropriate than hydroxyl taking into account the polarity of the two fragments (HO+ and H-), though AFAIK there is no standardized name for HO+.
Clearly I didn’t pay attention in chemistry
Where?

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