Question
Write down the IUPAC name for the following complex and indicate the oxidation state, electronic configuration and coordination number. Also give stereochemistry and magnetic moment of the complex:
$K_4[Mn(CN)_6]$

Answer

$K_4[Mn(CN)_6]$ IUPAC name: Potassium hexacyanomanganate(II). Oxidation state of manganate = +2 Electronic configuration of $d^{5+} : t_{2g}{}^5$ Coordination number = 6 Shape: : octahedral. Stereochemistry: optically inactive Magnetic moment:µ$=\sqrt{\text{n}(\text{n}+2)}$
$=\sqrt{1(1+2)}$
$=\sqrt{3}$
$=1.732$

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