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. 2013 May 6;2(3):106–114. doi: 10.1002/open.201300009

Figure 3.

Figure 3

A) Schematic MO diagrams for the bonding mechanism between PdCO and CO in linear Pd(CO)2 (left) and at a L–M–L angle of 90° (right): dominant interactions (—), other interactions (- - - -), π backbonding (—). B) Schematic representation of the bonding overlaps of the donating orbital on PdCO (black) with the π-accepting orbital on the second CO ligand (red).