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Published on: August 13, 2026
Which theory can explain bonding of 
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The nature of bonding present in
is synergistic bond.

the antibonding orbital is vacant in CO .
The fully filled inner d-orbital gives its
to the vacant antibonding orbital. Due to this back
-bonding the strong bond is present between Metal and the carbonyl.

Thus, the nature of bonding is described here the basis of MOT.
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