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Carbon monoxide reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.

Carbon monoxide is a reactive ligand forming interesting complexes with transition metals, e.g. Ni(CO)4 which is generated in the Mond process for prifying nickel.

CO when inhaled competes with oxygen in binding to hemoglobin in blood, (hemoglobin is an iron(II) coordination compound.) This essentially starves the body of oxygen and is one of the reasons carbon monoxide is so toxic.

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