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Iron carbonyl, Fe(CO)5 is

(1) tetranuclear 

(2) mononuclear

(3) trinuclear 

(4) dinuclear

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only one central metal atom/ion is present and it follows EAN rule, so it is mononuclear

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Fe(CO)5 is mononuclear carbonyl because it contain one metal atom

Structure of Iron carbonyl, Fe(CO)5

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Iron carbonyl, Fe(CO)5 is mononuclear.

Based on the number of metal atoms present in a complex, they are classified into mononuclear, dinuclear, trinuclear and so on.

Hence, the given complex is mononuclear.

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