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Question

The structure of iron pentacarbonyl is:

Options

A.Square planar
B.Trigonal bipyramid
C.Triangular
D.None of these

Solution

Sol. Iron Pentacarbonyl [Fe(CO)5]

(CO) is strong field ligand

dsp2 hybridisation ⇒ trigonal bipyramidal

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