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Bonding in Metal Carbonyls

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In the cobalt-carbonyl complex: $[C o_{2} (C O)_{8}]$ , number of $C o - C o$ bonds is $^{'} X^{'}$ and terminal $C O$ ligands is $^{'} Y^{'}$ Then, $X + Y =$

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Solution

Structure of $C o_{2} (C O)_{8}$

Number of $C o - C o$ bonds = 1 = X
Number of terminal $C O$ ligands = 6 = Y
$∴ X + Y = 1 + 6 = 7$

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