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Which of the following is complex? |
Trimethyl aluminium Ferrocene Diethyl Zinc Nickel carbonyl |
Ferrocene |
The correct answer is option (2) Ferrocene. A metal complex is a compound that consists of a metal atom or ion bonded to a group of molecules or ions called ligands. The ligands can be neutral or charged, and they can be organic or inorganic. Ferrocene is a metal complex that consists of an iron atom bonded to two cyclopentadienyl rings. The cyclopentadienyl rings are organic ligands, and they are electron-rich. The iron atom is electron-deficient, so it forms a dative bond with each cyclopentadienyl ring. The other compounds in the problem are not metal complexes. Trimethyl aluminum is an organometallic compound, but it does not contain a metal-ligand bond. Diethyl zinc is an organometallic compound, but it does not contain a metal-ligand bond. Nickel carbonyl is a coordination compound, but it does not contain a metal-ligand bond. Therefore, the only metal complex in the problem is ferrocene. |