A Favorable Case Where an Experimental Electron Density Analysis Offers a Lead for Understanding a Specific Fluxional Process Observed in Solution

A topological analysis of the electron density in the ketene complex (η5-MeC5H4)(CO)2Mn[η2-OCC((μ-η2-C⋮CPh)Co2(CO)6)Ph] indicates a predisposition for the carbene component of the ketene ligand to bind the neighboring C atom of the adjacent CO ligand.