NEET levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 1 of 3mt116
In the cyanide process, native silver is leached with dilute aqueous NaCN in the presence of air. The soluble silver species formed is
AAgCN
BNaX3[Ag(CN)X4]
CNaX2[Ag(CN)X3]
DNa[Ag(CN)X2]
Answer: D
Silver is oxidised by dissolved oxygen and complexed by cyanide: 4Ag+8NaCN+OX2+2HX2O4Na[Ag(CN)X2]+4NaOH. Silver(I) forms a linear two-coordinate dicyanido complex.