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dicyclopentadienyliron

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di⋅cy⋅clo⋅pen⋅ta⋅di⋅en⋅yl⋅i⋅ron

  [dahy-sahy-kloh-pen-tuh-dahy-en-l-ahy-ern]
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–noun Chemistry.
ferrocene (def. 1).
Origin:
di- 1 + cyclopentadiene + -yl + iron

fer⋅ro⋅cene

  [fer-uh-seen]
–noun Chemistry.
1. Also called dicyclopentadienyliron. an orange, crystalline, water-insoluble coordination compound, (C5H5)2Fe, having a camphorlike odor: used chiefly as an antiknock agent for gasoline and as a catalyst. Compare metallocene.
2. Also called dicyclopentadienyl metal. any of a class of analogous compounds containing a metal other than iron, as nickel or osmium.
Origin:
1950–55; ferro- + c(yclopentadi)ene
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