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Write the IUPAC names of the following coordination compounds:

(i) [Co(NH3)6]Cl3


(ii) [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2


(iii) K3[Fe(CN)6]


(iv) K3[Fe(C2O4)3]


(v) K2[PdCl4]


(vi) [Pt(NH3)2Cl(NH2CH3)]Cl

(i) Hexaminecobalt(III)chloride


(ii) Pentaaminechloridecobalt(III)chloride


(iii) Potassium hexacyanoferrate(III)


(iv) Potassium trioxalatoferrate(III)


(v) Potassium tetrachloridopalladate(II)


(vi) Diaminechloride(methylamine)platinum(II)chloride


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1

Write the formulas for the following coordination compounds:

(i) Tetraamminediaquacobalt(III) chloride


(ii) Potassium tetracyanidonickelate(II)


(iii) Tris(ethane–1,2–diamine) chromium(III) chloride


(iv) Amminebromidochloridonitrito-N-platinate(II)


(v) Dichloridobis(ethane–1,2–diamine)platinum(IV) nitrate


(vi) Iron(III) hexacyanidoferrate(II)

 3

Indicate the types of isomerism exhibited by the following complexes and draw the structures for these isomers:

(i) K[Cr(H2O)2(C2O4)2


(ii) [Co(en)3]Cl3


(iii) [Co(NH3)5(NO2)](NO3)2


(iv) [Pt(NH3)(H2O)Cl2]

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Give evidence that [Co(NH3)5Cl]SO4 and [Co(NH3)5(SO4)]Cl are ionisation isomers.

 5

Explain on the basis of valence bond theory that [Ni(CN)4]2- ion with square planar structure is diamagnetic and [Ni(Cl)4]2- the ion with tetrahedral geometry is paramagnetic.