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Posted: **Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:07 pm**

When do you add the -ate ending to the naming? Thanks

Posted: **Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:11 pm**

If the complex is negatively charged, then you add -ate to the end of the metal name.

Posted: **Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:13 pm**

ate is added to the end when the complex has an overall negative charge!

Posted: **Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:49 pm**

if the complex has an overall negative charge you would add -ate to the end of the metal's name

Posted: **Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:52 pm**

When the complex in brackets has an overall negative charge, the transition metal will end in ate, I.E. oxalate

Posted: **Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:11 am**

If the complex is negatively charged, -ate is added to the TM.

Posted: **Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:02 am**

-ate is for negatively charged complexes. Usually complexes are neutral or positively charged, so -ate is supposed to be a red flag/signifier.

Posted: **Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:23 am**

if you only use ate for a negative charge, what do you use for positive and neutral charges?

Posted: **Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:23 am**

If the complex is an anion/contains a negative charge, you at the -ate to the end of the transition metal

-ate ending