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Coordination Compounds
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Write the IUPAC names of the following coordination compounds:

(i) [Pt(NH3)2Cl(NO2)]
(ii) K3[Cr(C2O4)3]            
(iii) [CoCl2(en)2]Cl
(iv) [Co(NH3)5(CO3)]Cl          
 (v) Hg[Co(SCN)4]

Answer

(i) Diamine chloronitrito-N-platinum(II).
(ii) Potassium trioxalato chromate(III).
(iii) Dichloro bis (ethane–1, 2–diamine) cobalt(III) chloride.
(iv) Hexa amine carbonato cobalt(III) chloride.
(v) Mercury tetrathiocyanato cobaltate(III).

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