NEET 2022 · ChemistryNomenclaturePrevious Year Question

The IUPAC name of the complex is:

Answer: (D) diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I). \textbf{Answer:} (D) diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I).

  1. A.dicyanidosilver(II) diaquaargentate(II)
  2. B.diaquasilver(II) dicyanidoargentate(II)
  3. C.dicyanidosilver(I) diaquaargentate(I)
  4. D.diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I)✓

Correct Answer

(D) diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I)

Solution & Explanation

\textbf{Answer:} (D) diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I). \textbf{Solution:} The salt contains a complex cation and a complex anion; in nomenclature the cation is named first, then the anion. Cation : two aqua ligands → diaqua; silver with charge balance gives Ag in oxidation state . As a cation the metal keeps its English name: diaquasilver(I). Anion : two cyanido ligands → dicyanido; Ag is again . Because it is an anionic complex, the metal takes the -ate suffix using the Latin stem argent-: dicyanidoargentate(I). Combining cation then anion gives diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I), option (D). (Both Ag centres are , ruling out the (II) options.)

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