Show the qualitative MO balloon diagrams for two ligands other than CO that are o- donor d л-acceptor ligands (like CO). Are they better or worsеe л-acceptors? Why?

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Coordination Chemistry

It is a part of chemistry, in which the study of compounds that have central atoms surrounded by molecules or ions, known as ligand, is known as coordination chemistry.