This presentation discusses back-donation of CO ligands to transition metals. Back-donation occurs when electrons from the metal's d-orbitals are donated into the CO ligand's anti-bonding π* orbital, weakening the carbon-oxygen bond. CO can bind to single metals through both sigma and pi bonding. It can also bridge between multiple metal atoms, further weakening the carbon-oxygen bond. Infrared spectroscopy shows that as more metals are involved in back-donation to a CO ligand, its carbon-oxygen stretching frequency decreases due to the bond being more weakened.