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Also known as di(cyclopentadienyl)osmium

Osmocene is an organoosmium compound found as a white solid. It is a metallocene with the formula Os(C5H5)2.

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Has part
hydrogen
Mass
322.039731
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chemical formula
C₁₀H₁₀Os
canonical SMILES
[CH-]1C=CC=C1.[CH-]1C=CC=C1.[Os+2]
Commons category
Osmocene
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  • Uses
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Osmocene is an organoosmium compound found as a white solid. It is a metallocene with the formula Os(C5H5)2.

== Synthesis == Osmocene is commercially available. It may be prepared by the reaction of osmium tetroxide with hydrobromic acid followed by zinc and cyclopentadiene.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “osmocene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.