Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Organometallic Compounds · Topic: Oxidative Addition Reductive Elimination · Exam: NET DEC 2015 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
Heating a sample of $\left[\left(\eta^{5}-\mathrm{C}_{5} \mathrm{H}_{5}\right) \mathrm{Mo}(\mathrm{CO})_{3}\right]_{2}$ results in the formation of $\left[\left(\eta^{5}-\mathrm{C}_{5} \mathrm{H}_{5}\right) \mathrm{Mo}(\mathrm{CO})_{2}\right]$ with elimination of 2 equivalents of CO. The Mo-Mo bond order in this reaction changes from