1 Coordination Compounds
The IUPUC name for the complex [CO(NO2)(NH3)5]Cl2 is 1) nitro-N-pentanminecobalt(II)chloride 2) pentaamine nitriot-N-cobalt(II)chloride 3) pentaammine nitrito-N-cobalt(III)chloride 4) nitro-N-pentaamminecobalt(III)chloride
SOLUTION
The ligands present are ammine and nitro group when N- is attached to the central metal ion Co3+. Thus the IUPAC name is pentaamminenitrito-N-cobalt(III)chloride
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