NEET2010ChemistryCoordination CompoundsActual
Assertion : is named as tetrakis (ethylene-diammine) -hydroxo-m-imido dicobalt (III) ion. Reason : In naming polynuclear complexes i.e., containing two or more metal atoms joined by bridging ligands, the word is added with hyphen before the name of such ligands.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Step-by-step solution
is named as tetrakis (ethylenediammine)- -hydroxo- -imido dicobalt (III) ion. For more than one bridging group the word is repeated before each bridging group.