An orbital diagram constructed for N4M–X–MN4 where N4 is a model for a porphyrin ring, M a transition metal, and X a monatomic bridge (O, N, or C) accounts for the electronic structure and bending preferences of the X = O and N species and predicts a closed shell for the carbido bridged complex.
K. Tatsumi, R. Hoffmann and M. Whangbo, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1980, 509 DOI: 10.1039/C39800000509
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