What are the uses of metallocene?
Metallocenes have been used as chemical intermediates, antiknock additives to gasoline, lubricants, and for other uses, but a primary application is as catalysts in the plastics industry. Metallocenes are also currently being investigated as a cancer, malaria, and bacterial infection treatment agents.
What are metallocenes give examples?
One of the best known metallocenes is ferrocene (η5-Cp)2Fe, which is an iron (Fe2+)-based parallel sand-wich complex. The metal centre is sandwiched between two cyclopentadienyl ligands, which are coparallel. There are different ways of representing the structure of ferrocene, as shown in Figure 8.5.
