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BITSAT Chemistry Coordination Compounds 2024 BITSAT 2024 (Memory Based Paper 1)

BITSAT Chemistry Question (2024) — Solution

Question

IUPAC name of [ Pt ( NH _3 )_2 Cl ( NH _2 CH _3 ) ] Cl is

Options

  1. A. (Amino methane) chloro (diammine) platinum (II) chloride.
  2. B. Chlorodiammine (methanamine) platinum(II) chloride.
  3. C. Diamminechloro(methanamine) platinum(II) chloride.
  4. D. Diamminechloro(methylamine) platinum(IV) chloride.

Answer

C. Diamminechloro(methanamine) platinum(II) chloride.

Step-by-step solution

The complex is a cationic complex with two ammine ( NH _3 ), one chloro ( Cl ) and one methanamine ligand. Thus, the name will be :Diamminechloro (methanamine) platinum (II) chloride.

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