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Shape of Fe(CO)5 is

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a

Square planar
 

b

Square pyramidal

c

Trigonal bipyramidal
 

d

Octahedral
 

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

In Fe(CO)5 , the Fe-atom is in dsp3 hybridised state, therefore the shape of molecule is trigonal bipyramidal.

Fe(26) = 1s22s22p63s23p63d64s24p0

In Fe(CO)5, the Fe atom is,
 

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So, option C is correct. 

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