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Round 1: Tossup 17

Iodine and this ligand are complexed with iridium to catalyze the production of acetic acid from methanol in the Cativa process. (10[1])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 (10[1])agent in blast furnaces. Though it is not produced during complete combustion, (10[1])incomplete combustion (10[1])produces this compound. (10[2])This compound binds 200 times more strongly to hemoglobin than oxygen, (10[1]-5[1])so low concentrations can lead to poisoning. For 10 points, name this odorless (10[1])and colorless gas (10[2])with formula CO. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: carbon monoxide [accept CO until read; accept carbon monoxide poisoning; accept carbonyl ligand]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Surya DineshMIT ABrandeis Beethoven2010
Salil JainWilliams BMIT B42-5
Matthew KohnWilliams ABoston College A4810
Nikhil NairBoston University BTufts A6010
Jackson PriceDartmouth BTufts C6210
Eames WeeksBrown ABrandeis Bach6510
William BergerDartmouth CBoston College B6510
Vikram RajmohanAmherst AVermont A7610
Akif IsmailWilliams CBoston University A76-5
Jacky LiMIT BWilliams B8910
Elliott GomesDartmouth ABrandeis Mozart9210
Jack MeyersBrown BAmherst B9210
Wren Horne-SarkeesHarvardTufts B9610
Lily BrantnerBoston University AWilliams C9610

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