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Q.Write the IUPAC name of [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2[\text{Co}(\text{NH}_3)_5\text{Cl}]\text{Cl}_2.

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[Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2[\text{Co(NH}_3)_5\text{Cl}]\text{Cl}_2 is a coordination compound consisting of the complex cation [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+[\text{Co(NH}_3)_5\text{Cl}]^{2+} and two free Cl−\text{Cl}^- counter ions (needed to balance the +2+2 charge, since the whole compound must be neutral). Within the complex cation, the ligands are named alphabetically: 'ammine' (for the five NH3\text{NH}_3, with the multiplying prefix penta-) comes before 'chloro' (for the single Cl−\text{Cl}^- 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 NH3\text{NH}_3 ligands are neutral (contribute 0), the one coordinated Cl−\text{Cl}^- ligand contributes −1-1, and the complex i …

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