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Round 3: Tossup 17

Iodine and this ligand are complexed with iridium to catalyze the production of acetic acid from methanol in the Cativa process. Due to pi-backbonding, this ligand has the largest crystal-field splitting parameter in the spectrochemical series. This compound and hydrogen form water gas, (-5[1])and it is the primary reducing agent in blast furnaces. (10[1])Though it is not produced during (-5[1])complete combustion, incomplete combustion (10[1])produces this compound. (10[3])This compound binds (10[1])200 times more strongly to hemoglobin (10[1])than (10[1])oxygen, (10[1])so low concentrations (0[1])can (10[1])lead to poisoning. For 10 points, name this odorless and colorless gas with formula CO. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: carbon monoxide [accept CO until read; accept carbon monoxide poisoning; accept carbonyl ligand]
<Notre Dame A, Chemistry> | Packet B
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Andrew SklarVassar BRutgers A42-5
Braydon MorefieldGeorge Mason BRutgers C5210
Leonard CastinePennRutgers B58-5
Xavier BornhorstMaryland AStony Brook6210
Andrew WuColumbia ALehigh A6510
Kelvin NiNYU ANYU B6510
Eric MorshedJohns HopkinsRowan6510
Vihaan JimPrincetonGeorge Mason C6810
Alex WongRutgers DMaryland C7410
Claire WilsonLehigh BMaryland B7510
Cooper MorrisColumbia BGeorge Mason A7610
Aarav VasanthanRutgers AVassar B790
Renita TangNYU CVassar A8010
Daniel CraigRutgers BPenn9610

Summary

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UK (North)UK5100%20%72.00
UK (South)UK7100%14%64.43
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%50%79.50
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%29%65.43
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%50%72.00
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%22%63.78
FloridaUS4100%25%75.75
Great LakesUS1191%45%71.50
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%56.89
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1292%17%70.73
MidwestUS9100%11%55.11
NorthUS4100%50%82.25
NortheastUS12100%17%71.75
PacificUS8100%25%74.63
South CentralUS6100%0%69.67
SoutheastUS12100%17%68.50
Upstate NYUS5100%20%73.00