Osmocene

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Osmocene
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.013.687 Edit this at Wikidata
  • InChI=1S/2C5H5.Os/c2*1-2-4-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H;/q2*-1;+2
    Key: RMYKEUKAFJLONI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/2C5H5.Os/c2*1-2-4-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H;/q2*-1;+2
    Key: RMYKEUKAFJLONI-UHFFFAOYAC
  • [cH-]1cccc1.[cH-]1cccc1.[Os+2]
Properties
C10H10Os
Molar mass 320.42 g·mol−1
Melting point 229 °C
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Osmocene is an organoosmium compound found as a white solid. It is a metallocene.

Osmocene is commercially available. It may be prepared by the reaction of osmium tetroxide with hydrobromic acid, followed by zinc and cyclopentadiene.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bobyens, J. C. A.; Levendis, D. C.; Bruce, Michael I.; Williams, Michael L. (1986). "Crystal structure of osmocene, Os(η-C5H5)2". Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research. 16 (4): 519. doi:10.1007/BF01161040.