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Metallocene vs Zirconocene - What's the difference?

metallocene | zirconocene |

As nouns the difference between metallocene and zirconocene

is that metallocene is while zirconocene is (organic compound) any of a class of metallocenes, analogous to ferrocene, containing a zirconium atom.

metallocene

English

Noun

(wikipedia metallocene) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any of a class of organic compound 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 either parallel to each other, or sometimes canted

    • See also

    * cobaltocene * ferrocene * manganocene * rhodocene * vanadocene ----

    zirconocene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of metallocenes, analogous to ferrocene, containing a zirconium atom