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The correct IUPAC name of is

  1. Aaquatetraamminechloridocobalt(III) chloride
  2. Btetraammineaquachloridocobalt(III) chloride
  3. Ctetraammineaquachloridocobalt(II) chloride
  4. Dtetraamminechloridoaquacobalt(III) chloride

Answer: B

Ligands are cited alphabetically, ignoring numerical prefixes: ammine, aqua, chlorido. In 'ammine' versus 'aqua' the second letters give m before q, so ammine comes first. The cation carries because two lie outside, so and Co is +3.
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