Q. In metal carbonyl (organometallic)complexes, the $M—\ C$ bond is

A) Ionic
B) Covalent with ionic character
C) Covalent
D) Coordinate covalent
Explanation

(d)
Metal carbonyl are regarded as the coordination compounds formed by the donation of lone pair of electron of CO into the suitable empty orbital of zero valent transition metals such as Ni, Fe etc. Therefore, the $M—\ C$ bond is coordinate covalent.

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