German

Noun

Metallocene n

1. plural of Metallocen

English

Noun

metallocene ‎(plural metallocenes)

1. (chemistry) any of a class of organic compound 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 either parallel to each other, or sometimes canted

See also

• cobaltocene
• ferrocene
• hafnocene
• manganocene
• molybdocene
• niobocene
• rhodocene
• tantalocene
• tungstenocene
• vanadocene
• zirconocene

Italian

Noun

metallocene m ‎(plural metalloceni)

1. (chemistry) metallocene