(iii) Names of the anionic ligands end in –o, those of neutral and cationic
ligands are the same except aqua for H2O, ammine for NH3, carbonyl
for CO and nitrosyl for NO While writing the formula of coordination
entity, these are enclosed in brackets ( ) (iv) Prefixes mono, di, tri, etc , are used to indicate the number of the
individual ligands in the coordination entity