Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Abu-Dief
Professor - Professor of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
Faculty of science
Address: Behind hospital of Sohag University - Ali Ebn Abi Taleb Street
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A CO ligand can accept electrons into its π* MO; this weakens the C–O bond
In the IR spectrum of Fe(CO)5, absorptions assigned to the CO stretching modes are at higher wavenumber than that of free CO
CO ligands can adopt terminal, μ and μ3 bonding modes; the amount of back donation depends on the bonding mode
Fluxional behaviour is common in metal carbonyl compounds, and can be investigated by 13C NMR spectroscopy