Which prefix would appear in the IUPAC name for a covalent compound that has four atoms of a single element?

Covalent compounds use Greek prefixes to show how many atoms of each element are present. The prefix for four atoms is tetra-, so the IUPAC name would include “tetra-”; “tri-” means three, “di-” means two, and “mono-” means one.

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