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The structure of iron pentacarbonyl is:...

The structure of iron pentacarbonyl is:

A

(a) square planar

B

(b) triangular

C

(c) trigonal bipyramidal

D

(d) none of these

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The correct Answer is:
C
Electronic configuration of `Fe` in `Fe(CO)_5` is:

xx Electron pair donated by `CO`.
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