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In CO Molecule ,C has no vacant d orbital then why it accept the loan pair of O and make co-ordinate in ground state.

In CO Molecule ,C has no vacant d orbital then why it accept the loan pair of O and make co-ordinate in ground state.

Grade:12th pass

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
6 years ago
Dear Student,
 This is a result of an idea known as back holding. In this electrons
move from a nuclear orbital on one iota to a π* antibonding orbital on
a π-acceptor ligand (Molecular Orbital Theory) .
Cheers!!
Regards,
Vikas (B. Tech. 4th year
Thapar University)

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