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Treat NO in nitroprusside as and CO as neutral. Select ALL correct name-oxidation-state pairs.

  1. A: sodium pentacyanidonitrosylferrate(II)
  2. B: potassium hexacyanidoferrate(II)
  3. C: potassium hexacyanidoferrate(II)
  4. D: tetracarbonylnickel(0)

Answer: A, B, D

Nitroprusside: gives Fe = +2. has Fe = +2. : , Fe = +3, so (II) is wrong. Ni in is 0.
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