JEE Main 20236 AprilEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2023
- Date
- 6 April
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Coordination Compounds
JEE Main 2023 · 6 April · Evening Shift · Chemistry · Coordination Compounds
The IUPAC name of K _ 3 [ Co ( C _ 2 O _ 4 ) _ 3 ] is:
The IUPAC name of is:
Options
- APotassium tris(oxalato)cobaltate
- BPotassium tris(oxalato)cobalt
- CPotassium trioxalatocobalt
- DPotassium trioxalatocobaltate
Correct answer
D. Potassium trioxalatocobaltate
Step-by-step solution
Ligands that include a numerical prefix in the name use the prefixes bis for , tris for , or tetrakis for to indicate their number.
If the complex ion is an anion, we drop the ending of the metal name and add –ate.
In the given coordination compound, is the cobalt metal, are the ligands named as oxalato.
The charge on is and oxalate is having charge of .
Hence, the IUPAC name of the compound is Potassium trioxalatocobaltate.