An organometallic compound, Mn(C₅H₅)₂, which at room temperature adopts a polymeric structure, consisting of manganese atoms bonded to hydrocarbon rings in a zigzag chain.
Origin
1960s. From mangano- + -cene.
Definition of manganocene in US English:
manganocene
noun
Chemistry
An organometallic compound, Mn(C₅H₅)₂, which at room temperature adopts a polymeric structure, consisting of manganese atoms bonded to hydrocarbon rings in a zigzag chain.