Problem from textbook ch.16, 16.29 d
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Problem from textbook ch.16, 16.29 d
When doing the problems, I came across "Sodium bisoxalatodiaquaferrate(III)" why is it that this is not written as "biaquadioxalatoferrate(III)"? Why doesn't it not follow the alphabetical order rule?
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Re: Problem from textbook ch.16, 16.29 d
I'm assuming that the bis-, tris-, etc prefixes have precedence over the others.
Re: Problem from textbook ch.16, 16.29 d
The book says prefixes aren't included when you alphabetize. But for polydentates and Ligands with a prefix already in the name, such as ethylene diaamine, you use the prefixes bis, tris, and tetrakis. Oxalate is a bidentate; therefore, you would use those prefixes. And you don't write biaqua because the correct prefixes are di, tri, tetra. For example, you say carbon dioxide not carbon bioxide.
I think the aqua part was supposed to be named before the oxalato though, but I'm not completely sure.
I think the aqua part was supposed to be named before the oxalato though, but I'm not completely sure.
Re: Problem from textbook ch.16, 16.29 d
I agree with Robert. The aqua should have been named before the oxalate. I think that the rules for naming change a lot overtime as we see within our own class chloro vs. chlorido and so sometimes name order issues can ensue in the same that naming preferences (flouro over flourido) can.
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