Ferrocene structure
The molecular structure of ferrocene, with iron (red), carbon (grey) and hydrogen (white) atoms shown. In this structure, iron formally has 18 electrons in its outermost shell (5 from each ring and 8 from the iron atom, in a neutral counting method).
Date:
21 May 2026
Credit:
Satoshi Takebayashi, using a publicly available cif data file from the CCDC, with data from P.Seiler, J.D.Dunitz, Acta Crystallographica,Section B:Struct.Crystallogr.Cryst.Chem., 1979, 35, 1068, DOI: 10.1107/S0567740879005598
Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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