metallocene

American

[muh-tal-uh-seen] / məˈtæl əˌsin /

noun

Chemistry.

an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.

metallocene British

/ mɪˈtæləʊˌsiːn /

noun

chem any one of a class of organometallic sandwich compounds of the general formula M(C 5 H 5 ) 2 , where M is a metal atom See ferrocene

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Etymology

Origin of metallocene

metallo- + -cene < Greek koinós shared ( see ceno- ²)

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