Carbon monoxide is readily absorbed by ammonical cuprous chloride solution but carbon dioxide is not. Explain.

Carbon monoxide is readily absorbed by ammonical cuprous chloride solu

1.	Carbon monoxide is readily absorbed by ammonical cuprous chloride solution but carbon dioxide is not. Explain.
Answer» te☺❤heres ua answerDue to the presence of a lone pair of electrons on carbon in CO, it acts as a Lewis base (or ligand) and thus forms a soluble complex with ammoniacal cuprous chloride solution.On the other hand,CARBONDIOXIDE does not act as a Lewis base since it does not have a lone pair of electrons on the carbon ATOM and hence, does not DISSOLVE in ammoniacal cuprous chloride solution.hope it helped uh.....