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In Fe(CO)5, the Fe-C bond possesses:...

In `Fe(CO)_5`, the `Fe-C` bond possesses:

A

(a) `pi`-character only

B

(b) Both `sigma` and `pi` characters

C

(c) Ionic character

D

(d) `sigma`-character only

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The correct Answer is:
B
Metal-carbon bond in metal carbonyls has `sigma` as well as `pi` characters.
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