Chapter: Coordination Compounds· Chemistry

Write the IUPAC name of Na3[AlF6].

Q.2 (iv) Write the IUPAC name of Na₃[AlF₆].

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Answer: Sodium hexafluoridoaluminate(III).

The complex anion [AlF₆]³⁻ has six F⁻ (fluorido) ligands; aluminium is in the +3 state and, being in an anion, takes the ending ‘-ate’. (This compound is cryolite.)

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