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wat is oxidation number of iron in Fe(CO)5?

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Anirudh Narayanan ·2009-04-14 01:16:14

because the nature of the bonding is syergic..... i.e Fe donates to CO and CO donates to Fe........So overall, Fe neither loses nor gaines any electrons and hence remains in 0 oxidation state

Infact, this is the case in all metal carbonyls!!!

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AARTHI ·2009-04-15 09:55:24

yup rite ani

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Manas ·2009-04-16 07:55:16

yah rite

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RAY ·2009-04-16 08:44:54

hey is dis type of questionsn bonds synergic in our sylabus???

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