The IUPAC name of the complex is:
Answer: (D) diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I). \textbf{Answer:} (D) diaquasilver(I) dicyanidoargentate(I).
- A.dicyanidosilver(II) diaquaargentate(II)
- B.diaquasilver(II) dicyanidoargentate(II)
- C.dicyanidosilver(I) diaquaargentate(I)
- 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.)
