Naming/Coord Comp

[duenezjuleny1D]

when naming how do you begin/what goes first and how do you know?

[hannabarlow1A]

The cation ion is listed first. The ligands are listed in alphabetical order (not including their numerical prefixes) and then the metal ion and its charge and then the anion.

[Bella Martin]

How do we know when the metal should end in -ate?

[EthanPham_1G]

The metal ends in -ate if the whole coordination complex has a net negative charge. The example that Lavelle gave in class was [Ni(CN)4]-2.

[nickianel_4b]

^^ yep [Ni(CN)4]2- is tetracyanonickelate(II). As you can see the ligand is first with its prefix, then the transition metal with its Roman numeral, and it ends in -ate because of its negative charge.