ferrocene
noun/ˈfɛɹəsiːn/
Etymology Blend of ferrous + benzene, coined by Mark Whiting, a postdoc with Robert Burns Woodward.
1
Any of a class of metallocenes containing an iron atom between two cyclopentadienyl rings; especially the simplest of the class bis-cyclopentadienyl iron.
- Derived terms
- acetylferrocene, ferrocenium