How is carbon monoxide represented?

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How is carbon monoxide represented?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-04T18:08:52

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Generally we represent the carbon monoxide as $sp-hybridized$ $"sp-hybridized"$ . Such a scheme places formal charges on the oxygen and carbon atoms:

$^{-} : C \equiv O :^{+}$ $""^(-):C-=O:^(+)$

There are 5 valence electrons around $C$ $C$ , hence it has a formal negative charge, but only 5 around $O$ $O$ , hence it has a formal positive charge. Such a designation can help rationalize why carbon monoxide typically binds to a metal centre via the carbon, e.g. $[N i {(C O)}_{4}]$ $[Ni(CO)_4]$ .

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