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    LIGAND NAMES IN COORDINATION COMPOUNDS

    Neutral Ligands:

    FORMULA NAME* New IUPAC Name Convention


    H2O aqua aqua
    NH3 ammine ammine
    NO nitrosyl nitrosyl
    CO carbonyl carbonyl
    NH2CH2CH2NH2 ethylenediamine (en) ethylenediamine (en)
    NH2CH2CH2NHCH2CH2NH2 diethylenetriamine (dien) diethylenetriamine (dien)

    Anionic Ligands: (The underlined atom is bound to the transition metal.)

    FORMULA NAME* New IUPAC Name Convention


    F- fluoro fluorido
    Cl- chloro chlorido
    Br- bromo bromido
    I- iodo iodido
    OH- hydroxo hydroxido
    O2- oxo oxido
    CN- cyano cyanido-κC
    NC- isocyano cyanido-κN
    SCN- thiocyanato thiocyanato-κS
    NCS- isothiocyanato thiocyanato-κN
    N nitro nitrito-κN
    -
    O O
    NO2-
    NO2- as ONO– nitrito nitrito-κO
    O carbonato carbonato-κO

    C
    - O O -
    CO32-
    - O O oxalato (ox) oxalato (ox)

    O O -
    C2O42-
    SO42- as OSO32- sulfato sulfato
    O
    ethylenediaminetetraacetato ethylenediaminetetraacetato
    -
    (edta) (edta)
    O O

    N O -
    - O N

    - O O

    O
    We use *. We will accept both.
    Examples:

    [Cr(NH3)3(OH2)3]3+ Na2[PtCl2(ox)2]

    (a) NCS bound through the N

    (b) SCN bound through the S

    In the first example the name is written as


    tetraamminechloronitrocobalt(III)chloride

    [Co(NH3)4(NO2)Cl]Cl tetra-ammine-chloro-nitro-cobalt(III)-chloride
    tetra-ammine-chlorido-nitrito-κN-cobalt(III)-chloride

    [Co(NH3)4ONOCl]Cl tetra-ammine-chloro-nitrito-cobalt(III)-chloride
    tetra-ammine-chlorido-nitrito-κO-cobalt(III)-chloride

    [Cr(NH3)4(OH)2]Br tetra-ammine-di-hydroxo-chromium(III)-bromide
    tetra-ammine-di-hydroxido-chromium(III)-bromide

    K3[CoF6] potassium-hexa-fluoro-cobaltate(III)
    potassium-hexa-fluorido-cobaltate(III)

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