Example · Example 15
Q.Write the IUPAC name of .
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →is a coordination compound consisting of the complex cation and two free counter ions (needed to balance the charge, since the whole compound must be neutral). Within the complex cation, the ligands are named alphabetically: 'ammine' (for the five , with the multiplying prefix penta-) comes before 'chloro' (for the single ligand, ignoring the initial "a" of ammine and comparing "ammine" vs "chloro" alphabetically — a < c), giving pentaamminechloro. To find cobalt's oxidation state: the five ligands are neutral (contribute 0), the one coordinated ligand contributes , and the complex i …
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