7 Importance
Importance
Importance
Importance
Importance
and
and
and
and
and
Applications
Applications
Applications
Applications
ofofofofofApplications
Coordination
Coordination
Coordination
Coordination
Coordination
Compounds
Compounds
Compounds
Compounds
Compounds
Ni
CO
CO
OC
CO
Ni(CO)
Tetrahedral
4
Fe
CO
CO
CO
OC
OC
Fe(CO)
Trigonal bipyramidal
5
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
CO
Cr
CO
CO
CO
OC
CO
CO
CO CO
CO
CO
Mn
Mn
Cr(CO) Octahedral
6
[Mn (CO) ]
2
10
CO
CO
CO
Co
Co
OC
OC
[Co (CO) ]
2
8
OC
C
O
O
C
Fig 5 13
Structures of some
representative
homoleptic metal
carbonyls The metal-carbon bond in metal carbonyls
possess both s and p character