very important conceptual question

In in formation of the metal carbonyl compounds the dipole moment of the CO group should be considerable regarding the electronegativity difference of C and O but on the experimental basis the dipole moment comes out to be 0.1D!!!!!!!!!!! comment why!!!!!!!!!

By Professor R. Kapoor(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research)

6 Answers

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kartik sondhi ·

The difference of Electronegativity of C=2.1 and O=2.5(According to Pauling Scale)

Thus the difference should be 0.4 rather than 0.1

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Asish Mahapatra ·

maybe because of the double bond the length of the C=O bond becomes small resulting in a smaller dipole moment.
p = qd (q is large and invariable but maybe the d becomes small as the C is sp2 hybridised)

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aieeee ·

It is because of the co-ordinate bond between C & O. When the electron pair is donated to C by O

via the co-ordinate bond, the partial negative charge on O decreases and that of C increases which

result in lower difference of effective electronegativity between the atoms in the compound, which

in turn suppresses the dipole moment.

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Asish Mahapatra ·

abhi coordinate bond is the same as covalent bond (atleast thats wat is written in ur fav. buk)

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aieeee ·

coordinate bond is treated same as covalent bond with respect to equivalence in energy levls of

the bonds n their characterstics. but,der r few exceptions in which coordinate bond becomes

dative i.e. acquires partial double bond characters ( normally due to p(pi)-d(pi) back bonding and

normal backbonding)

(my fav. buk also mentions dat )

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Aakash Sharawat ·

well i further searched the answer and found that due to the coordinate/dative bond the ∂+ve charge on carbon reduces and that too on Oxygen the ∂-ve charge too decrease which leads to a dipole moment much small as 0.1 D!!!!!!!!!!!!

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