Molecules of the year 2025: Benzene-busting inverted sandwich.
Abstract
Sandwich compounds are the colloquial term used for molecules where a metal atom such as an iron dication is "sandwiched" between two carbon-based rings as ligands, most commonly cyclopentadienyl anion (the "bread") as in e.g. Ferrocene – a molecule first discovered in 1951.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
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- 1 January 2026