Question 4.
Draw a simple molecular orbital diagram for the carbon monoxide
(CO) molecule and explain, using...
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Question 4.
Draw a simple molecular orbital diagram for the carbon monoxide(CO) molecule and explain, using an accurate bonding description,how this molecule can act as a ligand within metal carbonylcompounds.
Explain why CO possesses one infrared (IR) active vibrationalmode u(CO), whereas, the di-nitrogen molecule,N2, does not?
Using your bonding description from part (i.),together with the knowledge that CO ligands contain an IR activevibrational mode, explain the variations in u(CO)cm-1 values which arise for the following isoelectroniccomplexes:
Compound
u(CO) cm-1
[V(CO)6]-
1860
Cr(CO)6
2000
[Mn(CO)6]+
2095
CO (uncoordinated)
2143
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