INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Daily Practice Problems

Write I.U.P.A.C. name for the following:
1. [Co(NCS)(NH3)5]Cl2  Pentaammineisothiocyanato cobalt (III) chloride
Pentaamminethiocyanato–N–cobalt (III) chloride
2. K2[HgI4]  Potassium tetraiodomercurate (II)
3. [CoBr(ONO)(en)2]+1  Bromobis(ethylenediamine) nitrito cobalt (III) ion (nitro-O)
4. K2[Mo(CN)6]  Potassium hexacyanomolybdate (IV)
5. K[Au(CN)2]  Potassium dicyanoaurate (I)
6. [Fe(en)3]Cl3  Tris (ethylenediamine) iron (III) chloride
7. [Co(NH3)6]Cl3  Hexaamminecobalt (III) chloride
8. [Co(H2O)(NH3)5]Cl2  Pentaammineaquacobalt (II) chloride
9. K4[Fe(NO2)6]  Potassium hexanitroferrate (II) (nitro-N)
10. LiAlH4  Lithium tetrahydridoaluminate (III)
11. NaBH4  Sodium tetrahydridoborate (III)
12. [PtCl2(NH3)2]  Diamminedichloroplatinum (II)
13. [CoI(NH3)5]SO4  Pentaammineiodocobalt (III) sulphate
14. K2[Pt Cl6]  Potassium hexachloroplatinate (IV)
15. [Co(NH3)6] [Co(ONO)6]  Hexaammine cobalt (III) hexanitro–O cobaltate (III)
16. K3[Ir(C2O4)3]  Potassium trisoxalatoiridate (III)
17. (NH4)2[Pt(SCN)6]  Ammonium hexathiocyanato–S platinate (IV)
18. [Co(ONO)(NH3)5]SO4  Pentaamminenitro–O cobalt (III) sulphate(nitrito)
19. [Co(NO2)3(NH3)3]  Triamminetrinitrocobalt (III)
20. (NH4)3[Cr(NCS)6]  Ammonium hexaisothiocyanatochromate (III)
21. Na2[SiF6]  Sodium hexafluorosilicate (IV)
22. K3[Fe(CN)6]  Potassium hexacyanoferrate (III)
23. [Pt(NH3)4][PtCl4]  Tetraammine Platinum (II) tetrachloroplatinate (II)
24. (NH4)4[Mo(CN)8]  Ammonium octacyanomolybdate (IV)
25. [FeF6]3 –  Hexafluoroferrate (III) ion
26. [CoCO3(NH3)5]Cl  Pentaamminecarbonatocobalt (III) chloride
27. K3[Fe(NH2)6]  Potassium hexaamidoferrate (III)
28. [PtCl3(SnCl3)]2–  Trichlorotrichloro stannitoplatinate(II)ion
29. Na3[Co(NO2)6]  Sodium hexanitro–N cobaltate(III)
30. [PtCl4(NH3)2]  Diamminetetrachloroplatinum (IV)

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31. [PtCl2(NH3)4] [PtCl4]  Tetraamminedichloroplatinum (IV) tetrachloroplatinate(II)
32. K3[Fe(CN)5NO]  Potassium pentacyanonitrosylferrate (II)
33. [PdI2(ONO)2(H2O)2]  Diaquadiiododinitro–N palladium (IV)
34. KAl(SO4)2.12H2O  Potassium aluminium sulphate. 12water
35. [CoCl(ONO)(en)2]  Chlorobis(ethylenediamine) nitro–O cobalt (II)/nitrito
36. [Ag(CN)2]—  Dicyanoargentate (I) ion
37. [CoCl2(en)2]2SO4  Dichlorobis (ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) sulphate
38. [Cr(CO)5(PPh3)]  Pentacarbonyltriphenylphosphinechromium (O)
39. K[BF4]  Potassium tetrafluoroborate (III)
40. Na2[Ni(EDTA)]  Sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetatonickelate (II)
41. [Co(en)3]2(SO4)3  Tris (ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) sulphate
42. [(NH3)5Co-NH2-Co(NH3)4(H2O)]Cl5  Pentaammine cobalt (III) –amido tetraammineaqua
cobalt (III) chloride
43. [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3  Hexaaquachromium (III) chloride
44. [Cu(NH3)4]SO4  Tetraammine copper (II) sulphate
45. Na2[CrOF4]  Sodium tetrafluorooxochromate (IV)

46.  –amido –superoxo bis tetraamminedicobalt (III) ion

Tetraammine cobalt (III) –amido –superoxo tetraammine cobalt (III)

–amido –superoxo bis {tetraammine cobalt (III)}

47. [Cr (OH )(HEDTA )]  Ethylenediamine triacetato hydroxo chromium (III) ion

48. [Be4O(CH3COO)6]  Hexa –– acetato–4 – oxo –tetra beryllium(II)

49. [CuCl(H2O)4]Cl  Tetraquachlorocopper (II) chloride
50. [CoBr(H2O)(NH3)4](NO3)2  Tetraammineaquabromocobalt (III) nitrate

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Write I.U.P.A.C. name for the following:
1. Na[B(NO3)4]  Sodium tetranitratoborate (III)
2. [Zn4O(CH3COO)6]  Hexa--acetate-4-oxo-tetrazinc (II)
3. [VO(acac)2]  Bis (acetylacetonato) oxovandium (IV)
4. Mn3(CO)12  Dodecacarbonyl trimanganese (O)
5. [(C6H5)3PCl Pd Cl2 PdCl(C6H5)3P]
 Chlorotriphenyl phosphine palladium (II) –dichlorochloro triphenyl phosphine palladium (II)
 –dichlorodichlorobis (triphenylphosphine) di palladium (II)
 –dichlorobis{chlorotriphenyl phosphine palladium (II)}
 bis {–chloro chlorotriphenyl phosphine palladium (II)}
6. H2[PtCl6]  Hexacloro platinic (IV) acid
7. 4—
[(Cl3Sn)2RhCl2Rh(SnCl3)2] 
IV
SnCl2 + Cl–  SnCl3–
Stannous chloride trichlorostannite
 Bis(trichlorostannito) rhodate (I) di –chloro bis(trichlorostannito) rhodate(I) ion
 Di––chlorotetrakis(trichlorostannito) dirhodate(I) ion
 Di––chloro bis{bis(trichlorostannito) rhodate (I)}ion
8. Ni(CO)4  Tetracarbonylnickel (O)
9. Mn2(CO)10  Decacarbonyl dimanganese (O)
10. [Co(en)3]Cl3  Tris(ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) chloride
11. Na3[Fe(C2O4)3]  Sodium trisoxalatoferrate (III)
12. Na[Au(CN)2]  Sodium dicyanoaurate (I)
13. (CH3)4N[Cr(SCN)4(NO)2]  Tetramethylammoniumdinitro-Ntetrathiocyanatochromium(V)
14. [Cu(NH3)4][PtCl4]  Tetraaminecopper (II) tetrachloro platinate (II)
15. [W(en)3]Cl3  Tris (ethylenediamine) tungston (III)chloride
16. K2[Pt(SCN)6]  Potassium hexathiocyanato–S platinate (IV)
17. K3[Co(NCS)6]  Potassium hexathiocyanato–N cobaltate (III)
18. Na3[AIF6]  Sodium hexafluoroaluminate (III)
19. K2[Zn(OH)4]  Potassium tetrahydroxozincate (II)
20. K[Ag(CN)2]  Potassium dicyanoargentate (I)
21. [RhCl(CO)2]2  Bis dicarbonylchloro rhodium (I)
22. [Pt(NH3)4][Cr(NCS)(NO2)2(NH3)2Py]  Tetrammine platinum (II) diammine dinitro-N pyridine
thiocyanato-N chromate (I)
23. Na3[Co(NH2)6]  Sodium hexaamidocobaltate (III)
24. K2[Cd(CN)4]  Potassium tetracyanocadmate (II)
25. [CrCl2(H2O)4]Cl  Tetraaquodichlorochromium (III) chloride
26. Hg[Co(CNS)4]  Mercury tetrathiocyanato–S cobaltate (II)

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27. [NiI4]2—  Tetraiodonickelate (II) ion
28. [Ag(NH3)2]Cl  Diammine silver (I) chloride
29. [CoBr(HEDTA)]–  Bromoethylenediaminetriacetatocobaltate (III) ion
30. K[SbCl5(C6H5)]  Potassium pentachlorophenylantimonate (V)
31. [RuBr2(NH3)4]NO3  Tetraamminedibromoruthenium (III) nitrate
32. Ca2[Fe(CN)6]  Calcium hexacyanoferrate (II)
33. NH4[Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2]  Ammonium diamminetetrathiocyanato–N chromate (III)
34. [CoCl(NO3)(NH3)4] [Au(CN)2] Tetraamminechloronitratocobalt (III) dicyanoaurate (I)
35. [PtCl(NO2)(en)(NH3)2] Cl2  Diamminechloroethylenediaminenitro–N platinum (IV)
36. [Ni(CN)4]2—  Tetracyanonickelate (II) ion
37. [(NH3)5Cr-OH-Cr(NH3)5]Cl5
 Pentaammine chromium (III) –hydroxo pentaammine chromium (III) chloride
 –hydroxo bis {pentaammine chromium (III)}chloride
38. [(H2O)4Fe(OH)2Fe(H2O)4]SO4
 Tetraaquoiron (II) di –hydroxo tetraaquo iron (II) sulphate
 –dihydroxooctaaquodi iron (II) sulphate
 –dihydroxo bis {tetraaquoiron (II)} sulphate
 bis {–hydroxotetraaquoiron (II)} sulphate

39. [Br2Pt(SMe2)2PtBr2] 

(Me2O  dimethyl ether/ Me2S Dimethyl thioehter)

 Dibromoplatinum (II) bis  (dimethyl thioether) dibromoplatinum (II)
 Bis[( (dimethylthioether) dibromo platinum ] (II)
 bis –dimethyl thioether tetrabromo diplatinum (II)
40. [PtCl2(Et3P)2]  Dichlorobis (triethylphosphine) platinum (II)
41. [CuCl2(Et2NH)2]  Dichlorobis (diethylamine) copper (II)
42. [CoCl2(en)2]Cl  Dichlorobis (ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) chloride
43. K[PtCl3(C2H4)]  Potassium trichloro (2 – ethylene) platinate (II)
44. K2[OsCl5N]  Potassium pentachloronitridoosmate (VI)
45. Na3[Ag(S2O3)2]  Sodium bisthiosulphatoargentate (I)
46. Na2[Fe(CN)5(NO)]  Sodium pentacyanonitrosonium ferrate (II)
[NO in +1 state proved by magnetic moment]
47. K3[Fe(CN)5(CO)]  Potassium carbonyl pentacyanoferrate (II)
48. K2[Ni(CN)4]  Potassium tetracyanonickelate (II)
49. K3[Co(NO2)6]  Potassium heranitro–N cobaltate (III) (nitrito)

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50. K3[Cr(C2O4)3]  Potassium trisoxalatochromate (III)
Write I.U.P.A.C. name for the following:
1. [ Ni (CO ) 2 ( PPh 3 ) 2 ]  Dicarbonyl bis(triphenylphosphine) nickel (O)
2. [(en)2Co(NH2)(OH)Co(en)2]4+ Bis(ethylenediamine) cobalt(III) –amido –hydroxo
bis(ethylenediamine) cobalt(III) ion
3. [(CO)3Fe(CO)3Fe(CO)3]  -Tricarbonyl–bis(tricarbonyl iron (O))
4. [(NH3)5CrOHCr(NH3)4(H2O)]5+ Pentaammine chromium (III) –hydroxotetraammine aquo
chromium(III)
5. [CoN3(NH3)5]SO4  Pentaammineazidocobalt (III) sulphate
6. [Co(NH2)2(NH3)4]OC2H5  Diamidotetraamminecobalt(III) ethoxide
7. [Pt(Cl)(NO2)(NH3)4]SO4  Tetraamminechloronitro–N platinum (IV) sulphate
8. [Pt(Br)(NO2)(NH3)4]SO4  Tetraammine bromonitro–N platinum (IV) sulphate
9. [CrCl2(H2O)4]Cl  Tetraaquodichlorochromium (III) chloride
10. [Ru(N3)(NH3)5]Cl2  Pentaammineazidoruthenium(III) chloride
11. [CoCl3(NH3)3]  Triamminetrichlorocobalt(III)
12. [PtCl4(NH3)2]  Diamminetetrachloroplatinum (IV)
13. [CrCl(H2O)5]Cl2  Pentaaquachlorochromium(III) chloride
14. [Co(en)3]2(SO4)3  Tris(ethylenediamine) cobalt (III) sulphate
15. (-c5H5)2Ti(-C5H5)2  Bis(cyclopentadienyl) bis (5cyclopentadienyl) titanium (IV)

16. ReH(-C5H5)2  Bis( 5 -cyclopentadienyl) hydrido rhenium (III)

17. Fe(CO)3(-C4H6 )  C4H6  CH3–CC–CH3; ; CH2=CH–C–CH2

( 4 – butadiene) tricarbonyl iron (O)

18. (Me3Si)[W(CO)3(-C5H5)]  Trimethylsiliconium tricarbonyl ( 5 – cyclopentadienyl)
tungstenate(O)
19. (-C3H5)(-C5H5)Mo(CO)3  Allyl tricarbonyl ( 5 – cyclopentadienyl) molybdum (II)
CH2=CH–CH2(–) allyl
20. (-C5H5)Mn(CO)3  Tricarbonyl ( 5 – cyclopentadienyl) manganese (I)

21. (C6H6)Cr(CO)3  ( 6 –benzene) tricarbonyl chromium (O)

22. Fe(CO)2(-C5H5)(-C5H5 )  Dicarbonyl ( 5 –cyclopentadienyl) (cyclopentadienyl) iron (II)

23. Cr(C6H6)2  Bis ( 6 –benzene) chromium (O)

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24. Fe(-C5H5)2  Bis ( 5 –cyclopentadienyl) iron (II)
25. Mn(CO)5(-C3H5) or Mn(CO)5(–CH2–CH=CH2)  Allyl pentacarbonyl manganese (I)
26. Co(CO)3(-C3H5 )  ( 3 –allyl) tricarbonylcobalt (I)
27. [(CO)4Co-Re(CO)5]  Tetracarbonylcobalt (O) pentacarbonylrhenium (O)
28. [(CO)4Co-Co(CO)4]  Tetracarbonyl cobalt (O) tetracarbonylcobalt (O)
29. Os 3 (CO )12  Dodecacarbonyltriosmium (O)
30. K[B(CH3)4]  Potassium tetramethylborate (III)
31. C 4 H 4 Fe(CO )3   4 cyclobutadiene tricarbonyliron (O)
32. [Ph4As][PtCl2(H)(CH3)]  Tetraphenylarsonium dichlorohydride methylplatinate (II)
33. [PtCl2(NH3)(C2H4)]  Amminedichloro (2 – ethylene) platinum (II)
34. [(CO)4Os(CO)Os(CO)4]  Tetracarbonyl osmium (0) –carbonyl tetracarbonyl osmium(0)
(0) / –carbonyl bis {tetracarbonylosmium (0)}
35. [Mo(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2(N2)2]Bis(1,2-diphenylphosphineethane)bis(dinitrogen)molybdenum(0)
36. [(CO)3Co–Co(CO)3]  Tricarbonyl cobalt (O) tricarbonyl cobalt (O)
37. [(CO)5Mn-Mn(CO)5]  Pentacarbonyl manganese (O) pentacarbonyl manganese (O)
38. Fe(CO)5  Pentacarbonyl iron (O)
39. Co4(CO)12  Dodecacarbonyl tetracobalt (O)
40. [Mn(CO)5(C2H4)]+  Pentacarbonyl ( 2 –ethylene) manganese (I) ion
41. [V(CO)6]—  Hexacarbonyl vanadate (–I) ion
42. Co2(CO)8  Octacarbonyl dicobalt (O)

43.  Bis–ethylenediaminecobalt (III) –amido –hydroxo bis

ethylenediamine cobalt (III) ion

44.  Tetraamine cobalt (III) di––hydroxo bis ethylenediamine cobalt

(III) chloride {III way is applicable}

45. K3[Co(C2O4)2Cl2]  Potassium dichlorobisoxalatocobaltate (III)
46. (NH4)3[Co(C2O4)3]  Ammonium trisoxalatocobaltate (III)
47. Na2[Pt(CN)2I(NO2)]  Sodium dicyanoiodonitro–N platinate (II)
48. [V(H2O)6]Cl3  Hexaaquo vanadium (III) chloride

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49. Ru (PPh 3 )3 Cl 3  Trichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)Ruthenium(III)
50. [CoCl(NO2)(en)2]+  Chlorobisethylenediaminenitro–N cobalt (III) ion

Write I.U.P.A.C. name for the following:

1. K2[Co(N3)4]  Potassium tetraazidocobaltate (II)
2. [NiCl2(Ph3P)2]  Dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine) nickel (II)
3. [Cr(acac)3]  Tris(acetylacetanato) chromium (III)
4. [IrCl(CO)(Ph3P)2]  Carbonylchlorobis(triphenylphosphine) iridium (I)
5. [Co(NCS)(NH3)5]Cl2  Pentaammine thiocyanato–N cobalt (III) chloride
6. [Pt(C5H5N)4] [PtCl4]  Tetrapyridine platinum (II) tetrachloroplatinate (II)
7. [CrCl(ONO)(NH3)4] NO3  Tetraammine chloronitro–O–chromium (III) nitrate
8. [Co(NH3)6][CuCl5]  Hexaamminecobalt (III) pentachlorocuprate (II)
9. [Ca(EDTA)]2—  Ethylenediaminetetraacetato calcate (II) ion
10. [Fe(H2O)5(NO)]Cl2  Pentaaquanitrosonium iron (I) chloride [brown ring unstable]
11. K4[Ni(CN)4]  Potassium tetracyanonickelate (O)
12. [CoCl2CO3(NH3)3]—  Triamminecarbonatodichlorocobaltate (III) ion
13. [Al(OH)(H2O)5]SO4  Pentaaquohydroxoaluminium (III) sulphate
14. [VBr2(H2O)(NH3)]Br  Ammineaquodibromovanadium (III) bromide
15. K4[MnF6]  Potassium hexafluoromanganate (II)
16. [Fe(H2O)6]SO4  Hexaaquoiron (II) sulphate
17. [PtCl(NO2)(NH3)4]SO4  Tetraaminechloronitro–N platinum (IV) sulphate
18. Na[Co(CO)4]  Sodium tetracarbonylcobaltate (–I)

19. [Co (en ) 2 ( I)(H 2 O )]( NO 3 ) 2  Aquabis(ethylenediamine) iodocobalt (III) nitrate

20. Ca2[Fe(CN)6]  Calcium hexacyanoferrate (II)

21. Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3  Iron (III) hexacyanoferrate (II)
22. [Cr(en)3] [Ni(CN)5]  Tris (ethylenediamine) chromium (III) pentacyano nickelate (II)
23. [CoCl(ONO)(en)2]Cl  Chlorobis (ethylenediamine) nitro–O cobalt (III) chloride
24. NH4[Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2]  Ammonium diamminetetrathiocyanato–N chromate (III)
25. [(NH3)4CoNH2NO2Co(NH3)4](NO3)4  –amido –nitro bis {tetraammine cobalt (III)}
nitrate
 Tetraammine cobalt (III) –amido –nitro tetraammine
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 –amido –nitro–octamminedicobalt (III) nitrate

26. Fe 3 (CO )12  Dodecacarbonyl tri iron (O)

27. K[B(C2H5)4]  Potassium tetraethyl borate (III)

28. Na[B(NO3)4]  Sodium tetranitratoborate (III)
29. Ba[BF4]2  Barium tetrafluoroborate (III)
30. (NH4)[B(NO2)4]  Ammonium tetranitro–N borate (III)
31. [PtBr(NH3)3] NO3  Triamminebromoplatinum (II) nitrate
32. trans-[PtCl2(NH3)2]  Trans–diammine dichloroplatinum (II)
33. Na3[Ag(S2O3)2]  Sodium bisthiosulphatoargentate (I)
34. NH4[Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2]  Ammonium diamminetetrathiocyanato–N chromate (III)

35. [(Ph 3P) 2 Ir(CO)]Cl  Carbonyl bis (triphenylphosphine) iridium (I) chloride

36. RhCl (PPh 3 ) 3  Chlorotris (triphenylphosphine) rhodium (I)

37. [CrCl2(H2O)4] NO3  Tetraaquodi chlorochromium (III) nitrate

38. [Cu(NH3)4]2+  Tetraamminecopper (II) ion
39. [Ni(dmg)2]  Bis (dimethylglyoximato) nickel (II)
40. NH4[Cr(CNS)4(NO)2]  Ammonium dinitrosyltetrathiocyanato–S chromate (III)
41. K4[Fe(CN)6]  Potassium hexacyanoferrate (II)
42. [PdI2(ONO)2(H2O)2]  Diaquadiiododinitro–O palladium (IV)
43. [Co(NH3)6][Cr(CN)6]  Hexaamminecobalt (III) hexacyanochromate (III)
44. (–C4H4)2Ni  bis 4- cyclobutadiene nickel (0)
45. [CoCl(NCS)(NH3)4]+  Tetraamminechlorothiocyanato–N cobalt (III) ion
46. [CrOH(H2O)3(NH3)2] (NO3)2  Diamminetriaquohydroxochromium (III) nitrate
47. [PtCl4(en)]  Tetrachloroethylenediamine platinum (IV)

48. K 3 [ Fe(CN ) 5 ( NO)]. 2H 2 O  Potassium pentacyanonitrosylferrate (II) dihydrate

49. [CoBrCl(en)(NH3)2] NO3  Diamminebromochloroethylenediamine cobalt (III) nitrate

50. [Mo(CN)8] 4 —  Octacyanomolybdate (IV) ion

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