The CORRECT name for the complex ion [ Co(en)_2Cl(ONO) ]^+ is _____

MHT CET Chemistry question

The CORRECT name for the complex ion is

(A)Cobalt diethylene diamminechloronitrate
(B)Chloro diethyldiamminenitritocobalt (III)
(C)Chloro nitritodiethyldiamminecobaltate (III)
(D)Chloro bis (ethylenediammine) nitrio-O cobalt (III)Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

Ligands are named alphabetically before the metal, with "bis" for the complex ligand en and "nitrito-O" for ONO, and the complex ion is cationic so the metal keeps its name with Co(III): chloro

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