oxidation state of Co in co2(CO)8 is?
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Coordination number is the number of atoms or ions immediately surrounding a central atom in a complex or crystal.
Co2(CO)8 is known as dicobalt octacarbonyl and its structure is:
Here each Co atom is surrounded by 4 CO ligands and 1 Co atom. So 1 Co atom is surrounded by total of 5 atoms.
Therefore coordination number of Co is 5.
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Coordination number is the number of atoms or ions immediately surrounding a central atom in a complex or crystal.
Co2(CO)8 is known as dicobalt octacarbonyl and its structure is:
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