The carbonyl compound with the strongest C-O bond is:
In metal carbonyls, bonding involves both donation from the carbonyl carbon to the metal and back-donation from the filled orbitals of the metal into the vacant antibonding orbital of carbon monoxide. This back-donation strengthens the metal-carbon (M-C) bond but weakens the carbon-oxygen (C-O) bond. A higher positive charge on the central metal ion reduces its ability to back-donate electron density to the CO ligand. Among the given complexes, Mn is in the oxidation state in , while Fe and Cr are in the oxidation state, and V is in the oxidation state. Because Mn has the highest positive charge, the extent of synergic back-bonding is the least, making the C-O bond the strongest in .
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