NEET levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 1 of 3mt008
When argentite ore is leached with dilute aqueous sodium cyanide in the presence of air, silver passes into solution as
ANaX2[Ag(CN)X2]
BNa[Ag(CN)X2]
CAgCN
DNaX3[Ag(CN)X4]
Answer: B
Silver forms the linear dicyanoargentate(I) complex, [Ag(CN)X2]X−, so the soluble salt is Na[Ag(CN)X2]. The other formulae have wrong charge or coordination number for silver(I).