JEE Main202430 Jan 2024Evening ShiftChemistryCoordination CompoundsActual
The coordination geometry around the manganese in decacarbonyldimanganese 0
Options
- AOctahedral
- BTrigonal bipyramidal
- CSquare pyramidal
- DSquare planar
Correct answer
A. Octahedral
Step-by-step solution
Around the manganese atom, there are five CO ligands and one Mn occupying octahedron vertices. For octahedral geometry, the more appropriate hybridization is d 2 sp 3 that produces six hybrid orbitals pointing towards CO and Mn . The octahedral shape of molecules is the shape of molecules where six atoms or ligands or groups of atoms are arranged in a systematic way around a central dogma or atom. The Octahedral Shape of Molecules molecules has eight faces.