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Chemistry Question on coordination compounds

Iron carbonyl, Fe(CO)5Fe(CO)_5 is

A

dinuclear

B

tetranuclear

C

trinuclear

D

mononuclear

Answer

mononuclear

Explanation

Solution

??Based on the number of metal atoms present in a complex, they are classified into mononuclear, dinuclear, trinuclear and so on.

eg: Fe(CO)5:Fe ( CO )_{5}: mononuclear

Co2(CO)8:Co _{2}( CO )_{8}: dinuclear

Fe3(CO)12:Fe _{3}( CO )_{12}: trinuclear