The Electronic Structure of Ferrocene
- 1 January 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 21 (1) , 156-157
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1698568
Abstract
The electronic structure of ferrocene (biscyclopentadienyl iron) is considered by constructing MO's from the AO's of the iron atom and the MO's of the cyclopentadienyl radicals. The 18 valence electrons of the compound are distributed among these MO's so that 16 occupy bonding, and 2 nonbonding MO's. This electron distribution permits an interpretation of the stability, the magnetic susceptibility and the absorption spectrum of ferrocene.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- A NEW AROMATIC SYSTEMJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1952
- THE STRUCTURE OF IRON BIS-CYCLOPENTADIENYLJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1952
- A New Type of Organo-Iron CompoundNature, 1951