-ate in naming

[hanna_maillard3B]

when do you add -ate to the end of a compound's name ?

[keyaluo4C]

You don't add -ate when naming. When anions end with -ate, you change the ending from -ate to -ato to name the complex (sulfate->sulfato).

[Henry_Phan_4L]

If it's a coordination compound that overall is neutral, but the complex is negative you add -ate to the end. More specifically, you replace the ending of the metal name with -ate.

[Vanadium Wang 4H]

After naming the ligands, name the central metal. If the complex ion is an anion, the name of the transition metal ends with the suffix "-ate." If the complex ion is a cation, the metal is named same as the element.

[abbydouglas1K]

Thank you so much I thought it was only based on the overall charge of the compound !

[John_Richey_4A]

You give the central transition metal an -ate ending when it is the anion of the coordination compound.

[Mhun-Jeong Isaac Lee 1B]

For example [Ni(CN)5]3- has a negative overall charge so you would add -ate to the end of nickel.

[Heidi Ibarra Castillo 1D]

you only add when the complex ion is an anion