Homework Statement In Ni(CO)4 each carbon monoxide acts as a ligand coordinating to nickel. Suggest two possible shapes for Ni(CO)4; what is the oxidation state of Ni? The Attempt at a Solution The oxidation state of Ni seems to be likely to be 0, because carbon monoxide itself is.....
reduction and oxidation, respectively. Compounds in the same column are at the same oxidation state, and can be interconverted by nucleophilic substitutions (C-X by C-Y), electrophilic substitutions (C-H by C-M), additions or eliminations (of HX or MX fragments) and rearrangements. The ...
of a bond. It can be considered as the charge that an atom would have if the more electronegative atom in a bond obtains the two electrons of the bond completely. When an element is ascribed a particular oxidation number, it is called the element is in a specific oxidation state. ...