Coordination Compounds - Result Question 73

####80. Iron carbonyl, [Fe(CO)5] is

[2018]

(a) Tetranuclear

(b) Mononuclear

(c) Dinuclear

(d) Trinuclear

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Solution:

  1. (b) [Fe(CO)5]

 EAN =ZO.N.+2(C.N.)=260+2(5)=26+10=36

Only one central metal atom/ion is present and it follows EAN rule, so it is mononuclear.



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