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Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds

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State whether the statement is true or false :

IUPAC name of the complex $K_{3} [F e (C N)_{6}]$ is Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II).

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The correct IUPAC name for the given compound is Potassium hexacyanoferrate(III).

In this compound, the cation is potassium and the anion is the complex ion.
Six cyanide ligands are present which are written as hexacyano.

The oxidation number of iron is +3 which is written in the bracket in roman numerals.

So, the statement is false.

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