The number of bridging CO ligand(s) and Co-Co bond(s) in $\mathrm{Co}_{2}(\mathrm{CO})_{8},$ respectively are:
The number of bridging CO ligand(s) and Co-Co bond(s) in $\mathrm{Co}_{2}(\mathrm{CO})_{8},$ respectively are:
2 and 1
2 and 0
0 and 2
4 and 0
Solution
The structure of $\mathrm{Co}_{2}(\mathrm{CO})_{8}$ is represented as
It contains two bridging CO ligands and one metal - metal $(\mathrm{Co}-\mathrm{Co})$ bond