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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Write a short note on bonding in 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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The V-C bond distances in V(CO)6 and V(CO)6- are respectively (in pm)

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Which of the following is correctly matched?

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The correct sequence of CO bond length in the given compound is:

(I) FeCO5

(II) CO

(III) H3BCO

(IV) MnCO5-

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The bond length of C-O bond in CO is 1.128 Å. The C-O bond in FeCO5, is-

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In which compound synergic effect is present ?

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In Fe(CO)5, the Fe-C bond possesses :-

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In which of the following complexes, the bond order of C-O is minimum :-

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

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

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The V-C distance in V(CO)6 and V(CO)6- are respectively (in pm ) :

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I) [Co(CO)6] II) [Co(CO)5(NH3)] III) [Co(CO)4(NH3)2]

IV) [Co(CO)3(NH3)3] V) [Co(CO)2(NH3)4]

VI) [Co(CO)(NH3)5]

Predict the CORRECT statement for these compounds?

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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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The type of character the Fe-C bond possesses in Fe(CO)5 is