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What is co-ordinate covalent bond ? and state the formation of CO​

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A coordinate bond is a covalent bond in which both electrons come from the same atom.

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carbon monoxide, CO, can be thought of as having two ordinary covalent bonds between the carbon and the oxygen plus a coordinate bond using a lone pair on the oxygen atom

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