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Give an example of homoleptic carbonyl.

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Compounds in which a metal is BONDED with only carbonyl LIGANDS are CALLED Homoleptic Carbonyl compounds. For example, tetracarbonylnickle(0), pentacarbonyliron(0), decacarbonyldimanganese(0) etc. Decacarbonyldimanganese(0) is made up of two square pyramidal Mn(CO)5 units joined by a Mn-Mn BOND.



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