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:
  1. 2 and 1
  2. 2 and 0
  3. 0 and 2
  4. 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

Asked in: JEE Main 2019 (11 Jan Shift 2)

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