metallocene
Meanings
noun
- Any of a class of organic compounds containing two cyclopentadienyl anions and a transition metal whose bonding involves overlap of ns and np orbitals of the metal with molecular orbitals of appropriate symmetry of each cyclopentadienyl ring; the rings are parallel to each other, or sometimes canted.
Word forms
Etymology
From metallo- + c(yclopentadi)ene. First used in ferrocene.
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