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Q.Write the IUPAC name of [Cr(en)3]Cl3[\text{Cr}(\text{en})_3]\text{Cl}_3.

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[Cr(en)3]Cl3[\text{Cr(en)}_3]\text{Cl}_3 consists of the complex cation [Cr(en)3]3+[\text{Cr(en)}_3]^{3+} and three free Cl−\text{Cl}^- counter ions. Ethylenediamine (en) is a neutral bidentate ligand, so all three en ligands together contribute 0 to the complex charge; since the overall complex charge is +3+3 (balancing the three Cl−\text{Cl}^- counter ions) and the ligands contribute nothing, chromium itself must be +3+3: chromium(III). For the multiplying prefix on the ligand: because the ligand's own name, 'ethylenediamine', already contains the syllable 'di' (which could be confused with a multiplying prefix if the ordinary prefix 'tri-' were used, risking the misreading 'tri-ethylenediamine' as some different '(ethylenedi)amine' ligand entirely), IUPAC rules require the alternative multiplying prefix tris- i …

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