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According to IUPAC nomenclature, sodium nitroprusside is named as

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Sodium nitroferricyanide
Sodium nitroferrocyanide
Sodium pentacyanonitrosylferrate (II)
Sodium pentacyano nitrosylferrate (III)

Solution :Sodium nitroprusside, `Na_(2)[Fe(CN)_(5)NO]`, is NAMED as sodium pentacyano nitrosyl FERRATE (III). In this compound, NO is present as `NO^(+)` and Fe has + 2 charge. On the basis of this, the actual name should be sodium pentacyanonitrosonium ferrate (II).


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