Back Bonding Comfortable Cushion

I am Carbon monoxide(CO)-a daughter

Transition Metal(TM) is my mother

She is special as she has d electrons in her outer most orbit.

I, CO wish to be together with my mother (TM)

In order to do so I form sigma bond by overlap

Of my non-bonding (or weakly anti-bonding)

sp-hybridized electron pair on my carbon

With a blend of d-, s-, and p-orbitals on the TM -My mother


After formation of sigma bond,

There is overlap of filled d-orbitals on the TM (mother)

With a pair of pi-antibonding orbitals

Projecting from the carbon atom of me (CO),

This bonding is from TM to CO

Rather than usual from CO to TM

It involves pi orbitals.

Thus phenomenon is called pi back bonding(BB)

The compound formed with BB of d electrons, has pi bonding character,

Through BB, TM-carbon (part of me) bond is strengthened.


When I was young

MY mother used to play BB game with me,

We(TM-daughter(CO) used to sit,

With our spine touching each other spine,

It was like transferring information from,

One computer station to another,

An end to information transfer process never came,

Now I at once realised,

It was nothing but BB of(mother) TM to (daughter) CO,

My mother (TM) is very important person in my (CO) life,

Who acts as my strong back bone through BB,

She helps me (daughter) in every stage in my life transitions,

Puberty-to adulthood-mother hood.


Thanks to BB of TM(mother) with me(CO),

For giving a good support in forming stronger,

Bond between mother daughter duo,

And making TM and CO as comfortable cushion to each other,

Which has lasting effects on coming generations,

And builds legacy for mother daughter duo.