Talk:Dicobalt octacarbonyl

Geometry

The minor isomer has a D_3d point group according to my recent calculation. I think this is more consistent with the image given in the article, so have corrected the typo (D_2d). Also, I added the dipole moment for the major (C_2v) isomer, which is non-zero. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Axil (talk • contribs) 14:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

"The major isomer contains two bridging CO ligands and features octahedral cobalt, described as (CO)3Co(μ-CO)2Co(CO)3", surely this is wrong as the Co only has 5 bonds and octahedral geometry requires 6 to form the 6 faces of an octahedron? --Nick024 (talk) 19:58, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Maybe that's from back when it was thought there was a Co–Co bond, rather than just the two bridging ligands as File:Dicobalt-Octacarbonyl.svg? DMacks (talk) 20:29, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Yep, that was a mistake from me, corrected now. Thanks for catching this. --Smokefoot (talk) 04:05, 13 April 2013 (UTC)