The IUPAC name of K 3 [ Co ( C 2 O 4 ) 3 ] is:
- Potassium tris(oxalato)cobaltate
- Potassium tris(oxalato)cobalt
- Potassium trioxalatocobalt
- Potassium trioxalatocobaltate
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.
Asked in: JEE Main 2023 (06 Apr Shift 2)