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metallocenes

metallocenes is the plural of metallocene.

Meaning of metallocene

Noun

metallocene (plural metallocenes)

  1. 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.

Questions about metallocenes

What is metallocenes the plural of?
Metallocenes is the plural of metallocene.

Words near metallocenes in the dictionary

  1. metallocarborane
  2. metallocarboranes
  3. metallocarboxypeptidase
  4. metallocarboxypeptidases
  5. metallocene
  6. metallocenes
  7. metallocenter
  8. metallocenters
  9. metallocentre
  10. metallocentres
  11. metallochaperone

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