Naming Coordination Compounds Tricks?

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Alison Le 2E
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Naming Coordination Compounds Tricks?

Postby Alison Le 2E » Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:01 pm

Hi! Does anyone have any memorization tricks to naming coordination compounds? Thanks!

Riya Sawhney 1C
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Re: Naming Coordination Compounds Tricks?

Postby Riya Sawhney 1C » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:36 pm

How I do it is I I list out all the ligand names in the order that they appear in the molecular formula, then I alphebatize it at the end, so this way I don't forget anything. I also figure out the oxidation state at the beginning. I think the most helpful thing to know is the greek prefixes for ligand though- mono, di, tri, tetra, penta, hexa.


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