Carbon monooxide is readily absorbedby ammoniacal curpouschloridesolution but carbon dioxide is not. Explain .

Carbon monooxide is readily absorbedby ammoniacal curpouschloridesolut

1.	Carbon monooxide is readily absorbedby ammoniacal curpouschloridesolution but carbon dioxide is not. Explain .
Answer» Solution :DUE to the presence of a lone PAIR of electrons on CARBON in `CO`, in acts as a Lewis base (or ligand) and and thus forms a soluble complexwith ammoniacal curpous chloridesolution. `CaCl + NH_(3) + :CO rarr underset("Solublecomplex")([Cu(CO)NH_(3)]^(+)) Cl^(-)` On the other hand,`CO_(2)`does not act as a Lewisbase since it does not have a lone pair of electrons on the carbonatom and hence does NOTDISSOLVE in ammoniacal cuprous chloride solution.