Ferrocene is an organometallic compound that exhibits a remarkable “sandwich” structure. It is characterised by the two staggered cyclopentadienyl rings, each with a delocalized p-system built from the pz orbitals on the carbon atoms. This p-system can be shifted by substituents introduced on the cyclopentadienyl ligands, resulting in a significant change in the redox potential.The…
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mp of Ferrocene
mp of ferroceneCompared to other metallocenes such as ruthenocene (light-yellow) and osmocene (white), ferrocene has a staggered conformation, resulting in its molecular formula Fe(e5-C5H5)2. In this molecule, iron is sandwiched between two cyclopentadienyl rings with the overlap of d orbitals on the iron atoms with pi electrons in the cyclopentadienyl ring.It is a stable orange…