17.31 d

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Jose_Arambulo_2I
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17.31 d

Postby Jose_Arambulo_2I » Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:07 am

This problem asks for the formula for sodium bisoxalato(diaqua)ferrate(III), and I wrote Na[Fe(C2O4)2(OH2)2], but in the solution manual the aqua and the oxalato are switched in position. Why is this the case? I thought that the ligands are placed alphabetically based on their symbols?
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Nerissa_Low_2F
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Re: 17.31 d

Postby Nerissa_Low_2F » Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:13 pm

I think ligands are written alphabetically in the name of the compound but not necessarily in the formula.
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