The correct IUPAC name for [CrF2(en)2]Cl is
- chloro difluorido ethylene diaminechromium (III) chloride
- difluoridobis (ethylene diamine) chromium (III) chloride
- difluorobis-(ethylene diamine) chromium (III) chloride
- chloro difluoridobis (ethylene diamine) chromium (III)
Answer
(2) difluoridobis (ethylene diamine) chromium (III) chloride
Solution
Complex cation: [CrF2(en)2]+; counter ion: Cl- (outside the sphere, named last as chloride).
Oxidation state of Cr: x + 2(-1) + 2(0) = +1 ⇒ x = +3
Ligands in alphabetical order: fluorido (×2 ⇒ difluorido), ethane-1,2-diamine (×2 ⇒ bis(ethane-1,2-diamine)).
⇒ Difluoridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)chromium(III) chloride, i.e. difluoridobis(ethylene diamine)chromium(III) chloride.
Answer: (2)