NEET Solved Paper 2018 Question 26

Question: Iron carbonyl, $ \text{Fe(CO}{{)}_5} $ is [NEET - 2018]

Options:

A) Trinuclear

B) Mononuclear

C) Tetranuclear

D) Dinuclear

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  • Based on the number of metal atoms present in a complex, they are classified into mononuclear, dinuclear, trinuclear and so on. $ \text{eg: Fe(CO}{{)}_5}\text{: monocuclear} $ $ C{o_2}{{\text{(CO)}}_8}:\text{ dinuclear} $ $ F{e_3}{{\text{(CO)}} _{12}}:\text{ trinuclear} $ Hence, option [b] should be the right Sol..