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osmocene
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Osmocene is an organoosmium compound found as a white solid. It is a metallocene with the formula Os(C5H5)2.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H10Os
- Molecular weight
- 320.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bis(cyclopenta-1,3-diene);osmium(2+)
- SMILES
- [CH-]1C=CC=C1.[CH-]1C=CC=C1.[Os+2]
- InChIKey
- RMYKEUKAFJLONI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 322.039731
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- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₀Os
- canonical SMILES
- [CH-]1C=CC=C1.[CH-]1C=CC=C1.[Os+2]
- Commons category
- Osmocene
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
- Properties
- Uses
- References
Osmocene is an organoosmium compound found as a white solid. It is a metallocene with the formula Os(C5H5)2.
== Synthesis == Osmocene is commercially available. It may be prepared by the reaction of osmium tetroxide with hydrobromic acid followed by zinc and cyclopentadiene.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “osmocene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.