Sunday, March 24, 2019

inorganic chemistry - Why CO is a stronger and more common ligand than N2?


Both N2 and CO are considered sigma-donor and pi-acceptor. Their MO diagram is similar, so I wonder why CO binds generally more strongly and it is a more common ligand.


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