I was teaching my students the concept of back bonding in chemistry class. Back bonding is a chemical phenomenon in which electrons pass from one atom's atomic orbital to an acceptor (ligand). The metal's electrons are used to bind to the ligand, relieving the metal of excess negative charge in the process. I summarized my lesson in the form of a poem. The same I am listing below for my esteemed readers.
I am Carbon #monoxide(CO), a daughter
Transition#Metal(TM) is my mother
She is special as she has d electrons in her outermost orbit.
I, CO, wish to be together with my #mother (TM)
To do so, I form a sigma bond by overlap
Of my non-bonding (or weakly anti-bonding)
sp-hybridized #electron pair on my carbon
With a blend of d-, s-, and #p-orbitals on the TM -My mother
After the formation of the #sigma bond,
There is an overlap of filled d-orbitals on the TM (mother)
With a pair of #pi- antibonding orbitals
Projecting from the carbon atom of me (CO),
This bonding is from #TM to CO
Rather than usual from CO to TM
It involves pi orbitals.
This phenomenon is called #pi back bonding(BB)
The compound formed with BB of d electrons has pi bonding character.
Through BB, the TM-carbon (part of me) bond is strengthened
Alumnus IITK 1986
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