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Identify the correct naming for K2[PdCl4].(a) Potassium tetrachlorinepalladium(II)(b) Potassium tetrachlorinepalladate(II)(c) Potassium tetrachloridopalladium(II)(d) Potassium tetrachloridopalladate(II)The question was posed to me in examination.My doubt stems from Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds topic in portion Coordination Compounds of Chemistry – Class 12

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Correct option is (d) POTASSIUM tetrachloridopalladate(II)

Easiest EXPLANATION: Since Cl is an anionic ligand, it ends in -o, hence chlorido. Also, the complex ION is anionic, and the metal must end with the suffix -ATE, hence palladate.



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