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does it matter what order you write out a complex ion?

for example can you write cisplatin as:PtCl2(NH3)2 and as Pt(NH3)2Cl2 ?
Original post by FM1/FP1
for example can you write cisplatin as:PtCl2(NH3)2 and as Pt(NH3)2Cl2 ?

I doubt an examiner would care much. It’s pretty unambiguous that you are referring to a platin complex.
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Original post by TypicalNerd
I doubt an examiner would care much. It’s pretty unambiguous that you are referring to a platin complex.


thanks, I just get worried because the mark scheme only draws it one way

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