Answer to Question #219509 in General Chemistry for Pallu

Question

Explain with a suitable example the kappa convention for naming coordination compounds. 

Answer 1

Answer: The kappa conventions are used to describe the bonding of ligands to central atoms. The kappa convention has its roots in coordination chemistry and allows the donor atom(s) in a ligand to be specified and, in the case of polynuclear systems, it is also used to indicate the central atom to which the donor atom is bound. 

O2 dioxygen (acceptable name oxygen)