In the complex, ${BH}_{3} CO$ , what is the type of back bond from B to C ?

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$σ \to π^{*}$

$π \to π^{*}$

$σ \to π$

$\begin{aligned} π^{*} \to π \end{aligned}$

answer is D.

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The type of Bh3Co back bond from B to C is $σ \to π^{*}$ .

Structure of this molecule is,

When one atom in a compound has a single electron and the other has an open orbital adjacent to it, back bonding, a type of bonding, happens between the two atoms. A molecule with back bonding possesses pi-bonding properties because pi-bonding happens after the sigma bond forms.

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