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In the brown-ring complex take the nitrosyl ligand as . The oxidation state of iron is

  1. A+1
  2. B+2
  3. C+3
  4. D0

Answer: A

Charge balance: , giving . Treating NO as neutral would give +2, but the question fixes NO+.
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