Adding -ate to end of TM name

[PatrickV]

When is it that we add -ate to the end of the transition metal name? In class the example I remember was nickelate.

[Lauren Woodward 1I]

We add -ate to the end of the metal when the overall complex has a negative charge.

[Charlie Gravereaux]

Hey! If the overall complex is an anion, that is it has a negative overall charge, then we add -ate to the TM in order to indicate this. Hope this helps!

[Ruben Adamov 1E]

When the overall complex has a negative charge, the suffix -ate is added to the transition metal.

[Brooke Gushiken 1B]

I think we add the -ate suffix to the end of the transition metal if the complex has an overall negative charge. Hope this helps!

[Gavin Trent 2F]

If the overall complex has a negative charge, -ate is added to the end of the metal.

[905756606]

The -ate is added specifically to the latin name of the metal when the complex ion has a negative charge.

[Shreya Arcot 3K]

When the coordination sphere has a negative charge, -ate is added to the end of the transition metal's name. The coordination sphere represents everything inside the brackets.

In this example, Na3[Co(C2O4)3], the Na3 has a total of +3 charge. So, to keep the overall complex neutral, everything in the bracket must have an overall -3 charge. So, since the coordination sphere is negative in this case, -ate is added to the transition metal (cobaltate).

[Connor_Olsen_2K]

Anytime the coordination compound has a negative charge.