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Why is carbone monoxide toxic?

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Carbon monoxide

with a lone pair of electron on C-atom combine with Fe of haemoglobin in blood to form a very stable complex carboxyhemoglobin which does not carry inhaled oxygen to various parts in the body. This leads to suffocation and death.
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