Coordination CompoundHard
Question
The structure of iron pentacarbonyl is : (μ = 0)
Options
A.square planar
B.trigonal bipyramid
C.triangular
D.none of these
Solution
Complex with five coordination number has trigonal bipyramidal geometry or square pyramidal geometry. As it has zero dipole moment, its geometry will be trigonal bipyramidal.
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