bond order metal carbonyl dbt

C-O bond order lowest in ?

[Mn(CO)6]+
[Fe(CO)6]+
[Cr(CO)6]+
[V(CO)6]+

8 Answers

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msp ·

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=MdDP4KnKnwcC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=synergic+bonding&source=bl&ots=pQbfuiuDK-&sig=cCnutYyT4EkUOUQA2sNdDSa2Vy4&hl=en&ei=VEx4SpjILsSIkQWXqvS4Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=synergic%20bonding&f=false

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aieeee ·

by the way,eure, the bond order would depend on the tendency of the d-orbitals of the following central

atoms to participate in bonding.more is the participating of unpaired d-electrons, more will be the bonding

electrons and more will be the bond order;thus i think, [Cr(CO)6)+] would have the highest

bond order and [V(CO)6]+ would have the lowest

24
eureka123 ·

ans is not this[2]

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Layak Singh ·

Mn+ = 3d54s1 in presence of CO effective configuration = 3d64s0.
Three lone pair for back bonding with vacant orbital of C in CO.
Fe0 = 3d64s2 in presence of CO effective configuration = 3d8 four lone pair for back bonding with CO.
Cr0 = 3d54s1
Effective configuration = 3d6.
Three lone pair for back bonding with CO.
V− = 3d44s2 effective configuration = 3d6 three lone pair for back bonding with CO.
Maximum back bonding is present in Fe(CO)5 there for CO bond order is lowest here.

3
msp ·

hey guys i think it has something to do with synergic bonding.

24
eureka123 ·

No bhaiya ans is (a)

1
aieeee ·

sorry for my previous misinterpretation.the solution goes this way:

Metallic carbonyls involve both sigma and pi bonding.sigma bond involves donation of the lone pair on

carbon of CO ligand into a hybridized vacant metal orbital. pi bond involves back donation of metal d e-

s into vacant antibonding pi* 2p orbital on CO.The larger the electrons in back-bonding,lesser

the bond-order of CO ligand.

thus,if ur question is right,then Fe and Mn involve a maximum of three lone pair for back bonding.

thus answer is both 'a' and 'b'.

the post of layak bhaiya is the solution of a similar question,that came in iit-2007.

24
eureka123 ·

kk.
i got the point

thanxxxx[1]

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