Bonding in Metal Carbonyls

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Bonding in Metal Carbonyls: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Metal Carbonyls, Classification of Metal Carbonyls & Structures of Metal Carbonyls etc.

Important Questions on Bonding in Metal Carbonyls

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Which of the following complexes has the strongest metal-carbon bond?

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 Homonuclear metal carbonyls are those that have two or more than two metal centres but are of the same type.

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An example of homonuclear metal carbonyl is

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How the polynuclear metal carbonyls are classified on the basis of type of metals?

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Write a note on the classification of metal carbonyls.

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The correct pair of orbitals involved in $\pi$ -bonding between metal and CO in metal carbonyl complexes is:

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Which of following involves maximum C-O  bond length :-

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Carbon monoxide is a very common ligand in organometallic chemistry. It is particularly good at stabilising low oxidation states of central metal such as Fe(CO)5.

When CO approaches metal as ligand, a sigma bond is formed as a result of overlap of lone pair of carbon atom and empty hybridised orbital of metal. Apart from it, empty CO antibonding orbital accepts π-electron density from the filled d-orbitals on the metal atom side by side, which is sometimes also referred as π-back bonding.

Carbon monoxide is not appreciably nucleophilic, i.e., σ-bond formed with metal is weak. But many d-metal carbonyl compounds are very stable. Thus, we can infer that the strength of π-back bonding enhances the stability of carbonyl complexes by increasing the strength of σ-bond between metal and carbonyl.

Which of the following has shortest metal carbon bond ?

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Carbon monoxide is a very common ligand in organometallic chemistry. It is particularly good at stabilising low oxidation states of central metal such as Fe(CO)5.

When CO approaches metal as ligand, a sigma bond is formed as a result of overlap of lone pair of carbon atom and empty hybridised orbital of metal. Apart from it, empty CO antibonding orbital accepts π-electron density from the filled d-orbitals on the metal atom side by side, which is sometimes also referred as π-back bonding.

Carbon monoxide is not appreciably nucleophilic, i.e., σ-bond formed with metal is weak. But many d-metal carbonyl compounds are very stable. Thus, we can infer that the strength of π-back bonding enhances the stability of carbonyl complexes by increasing the strength of σ-bond between metal and carbonyl.

The longest CO bond length will be with

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Correct statement for these compounds is :

(i) CoCO6

(ii) CoCO5NH3

(iii) CoCO4NH32

(iv) CoCO3NH33

(v) CoCO2NH34

(vi) CoCONH35

 

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Correct sequence of CO bond order in given compounds is
(P) Fe(CO)5 (Q) CO (R) H3B←CO (S) [Mn(CO)5]-

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Metal 'M' forms a carbonyl compound in which it is present in its lower valence state. Which of the following bonding is possible in this metal carbonyl?

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The theory that can completely/properly explain the nature of bonding in [Ni(CO)4] is

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In metal carbonyls, there is –

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The number of bridging CO ligand s and Co-Co bond s in Co2(CO)8, respectively are

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Among the following metal carbonyls, the C-O bond order is lowest in

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The correct order of M-Cπ bond and strength in given metal carbonyls is -

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The correct order of MC π bond and strength in given metal carbonyls is -

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Which of the following organometallic compound is σ and π bonded?

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Metal Carbonyls In FeCO5, the Fe-C bond has: