Chemistry · Coordination Compounds
Which of the following statements about metal carbonyls, such as M(CO)6, is false?
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- 1Synergic bonding interactions stabilize the metal-ligand bond.
- 2The back-bonding involved in metal carbonyls is exclusively of the pπ-pπ type.✓
- 3The central metal atom/ion can act as both a Lewis acid and a Lewis base.
- 4CO can act as both a Lewis base and a Lewis acid.
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The back-bonding involved in metal carbonyls is exclusively of the pπ-pπ type.
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