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explain why in most of the metal carbonyls the metal is usually of low oxidation state how does the charge on the metal influence the c-o bond order​

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Answered by sahuaryan022
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Due to this metal-C bond get shortened and C-O bond get elongated. Net result is the number of electron pair accepted by metal is equal to number of electron pair donated to ligands in backbonding.Hence in carbonyls oxidation state of metal is zero.

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