Example · Example 14
Q.Write the IUPAC name of .
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →consists of the simple cation (four of them) and the complex anion . The cation is named first: potassium. Within the complex anion, the six identical ligands are named with the multiplying prefix hexa- and the anionic-ligand ending -o: hexacyano. To find iron's oxidation state, note that six ligands contribute to the complex's total charge of , so iron must contribute : . Because the overall coordination entity is an anion, the metal's name takes the '-ate' ending, and because iron uses its Latin-derived name for this purpose, 'ferrate' rather than 'nic …
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