a. On the basis of electronegativities, would you expect the carbon atom or the oxygen atom to form bonds to metals?
b. Assign formal charges to the atoms in CO. Which atom would you expect to bond to a metal on this basis?
c. In the MO model, bonding MOs place more electron density near the more electronegative atom. (See the HF molecule, Figs. 45 and 46.) Antibonding MOs place more electron density near the less electronegative atom in the diatomic molecule. Use the MO model to predict which atom of carbon monoxide should form bonds to metals.
Figure .45

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HF atom molcule atom H aucleus F nucleus