Write the IUPAC name of the complex Na[Cr(OH)F].
Answer: Sodium tetrafluoridodihydroxidochromate(III).
Solution
Anionic complex → chromate. Alphabetical: fluorido before hydroxido.
2(−1) + 4(−1) + x = −3 ⇒ Cr is +3.
2(−1) + 4(−1) + x = −3 ⇒ Cr is +3.
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