Bromine cleaves the Mn–Mn bond, attaching one bromide to each metal. The balanced reaction is Mn₂(CO)₁₀+Br₂→2Mn(CO)₅Br. Each mononuclear product reaches the favourable 18-electron count. Select A.
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