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sandwich compounds
Compounds in which a metal atom is located between the faces of two parallel and planar (or nearly so) ring structures, e.g. bis(Math - text-cyclopentadienyl)iron (ferrocene), dibenzenechromium.
See also: metallocenes
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1364
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/S05468.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/S05468.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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