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Q.

 IUPAC name of the complex,  LiAlH4 is

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a

Lithium tetraprotiumaluminium (I)

b

Lithium tetrahydridoaluminate (III)

c

Lithium tetrahydridoaluminium (III)

d

Tetrahydridoaluminate (III) Lithium

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Step 1… Name of cation first ---Li+

Step 2…Name the Anion

[AlH4]-

While naming a complex, ligands are named first(in alphabetical order) and then name the metal.

In an anionic complex, the suffix “ate’ must be used after the name of the metal.

Oxidation number of metal must be indicated as a roman number in parenthesis after the name of the metal

CationAnion
Lithiumtetrahydridoaluminate(III)

Ligand is H- (hydrido)

Ox.state of Al in [AlH4]-

X+4(-1)=-1

X=+3

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