Question

Ammonia gas does not evolve from the complex $FeCl_3$ $\cdot$ $4NH_3$ but it gives white precipitate with aqueous solution of $AgNO_3.$ Coordination number of central metal ion in the above complex is six. Give IUPAC name of the complex.

• A. Ammonium trichloro triammine ferrum (III)
• B. Tetraammine ferrum (III) chloride.
• C. fachloro tetraammine ferry (II) chloride.
• D. Dichloro tetraammine ferrum (III) chloride.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Dichloro tetraammine ferrum (III) chloride.

Answer 2

Dichloro tetraammine ferrum (Ill) chloride $[Fe(NH_3 )_4 Cl_2 ]Cl$