Metals

[Nathan Rothschild_2D]

I know we need to know the Latin name for metals when naming coordination compounds, but which metals do we have to know the Latin names for?

[AVerma_F19]

I'd know the common ones for the anion coordination compound naming:

iron (ferrate)
copper (cuprate)
chromium (chromate)
silver(argenate)
gold (aurate)

[Amanda Ung 4D]

I think the only ones we need to know are iron and copper. In anionic complexes, they become ferrate and cuprate, respectively. You can easily remember this by looking at their atomic symbols: Fe (iron) and Cu (copper).

[Jade Hinds 2B]

so does this mean that when you are naming metals, you just add -ate to the end? when is it -ite or -ide?

[Nathan Rothschild_2D]

Read page 723 it'll explain when you use these names. You don't have to use them always, in fact you shouldn't. It explains it well.(it's basically when the complex has a negative charge you use the Latin name with a suffix depending on the metal's charge)

[Nathan Rothschild_2D]

Correction sorry, only some metals come from latin, so only the ones that do can be changed to their latin meaning when the complex has an overall negative charge.

[kristi le 2F]

You only use the Latin name + ate when the overall charge of the compound is negative.