KCET2018ChemistryCoordination Compounds
The IUPAC name of ( [ Co ( NH ₃ )₄ Cl ( NO ₂ ) ] Cl ) is
Options
- Atetraammine chloridonitrito - N - cobalt(III) chloride
- Btetraammine chloridonitrocobalt (II) chloride
- Ctetraammine chloridonitrocobalt (I) chloride
- Dtetraammine chloridodinitrocobalt (III) chloride
Correct answer
A. tetraammine chloridonitrito - N - cobalt(III) chloride
Step-by-step solution
The oxidation number of Co in given complex is x+4 0+1(-1)+1(-1)=+1x=+3 The IUPAC name of the given complex [ Co ( NH ₃ )₄ Cl ( NO ₂ ) ] Cl is tetraamminechloridonitrito-N-cobalt(III) chloride. NO ₂⁻ is an ambidentate ligand name is nitrito-N means linkage is from N atom