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The correct IUPAC name of is

  1. Apotassium hexacyanidoiron(III)
  2. Btripotassium hexacyanidoferrate(III)
  3. Cpotassium hexacyanidoferrate(II)
  4. Dpotassium hexacyanidoferrate(III)

Answer: D

The anion is , so iron is , giving . An anionic complex takes the '-ate' ending on the metal (ferrate) and the cation is named first without multiplying prefixes, so the name is potassium hexacyanidoferrate(III).
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