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IUPAC name of the complex, Na3CrCN6 is

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a

Sodium hexacyanatochromate (III) 

b

Trisodium hexacyanidochromium (III) 

c

Sodium hexacyanidochromium (III) 

d

Sodium hexacyanidochromate (III) 

answer is D.

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CN-…cyanido or cyano(preferably cyanido)…uninegative ligand ;

Oxidation state of chromium is “+3” ;

Counter ion is sodium ion and while naming the counter ion  prefixes like di, tri…should not be used;

Complex ion is an anion, it should be written after name of cation;

While naming the complex, ligands are named first (in alphabetical order with proper prefixes) followed by metal ion with its oxidation state as roman number in parenthesis;

While naming the metal ion of an anionic complex the suffix “ate” is used;

Na3[Cr(CN)6] … Sodium hexacyanidochromate(III)

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