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Give the structure of CO and CO_(2). |
Answer» Solution :Structure of CO : It has a linear structure. In carbon MONOXIDE, three electron pairs are shared between carbon and oxygen. The bonding can be EXPLAINED using molecular orbital THEORY. The C-O bond distance is 1.128Å. The structure can be considered as the resonance hybrid of the following two canonical FORMS.  Structure of `CO_(2)` : Carbon dioxide has a liner structure with equal bond distance for the both C-O bonds. In this molecule there is one C-O sigma bond. In addition there is `3c-4e` bond covering all the three ATOMS. 
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