Cyclopentadienyl can refer to
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Cyclopentadienyl anion, or cyclopentadienide,
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Cyclopentadienyl ligand
A cyclopentadienyl complex is a coordination complex of a metal and cyclopentadienyl anion, cyclopentadienyl groups (, abbreviated as Cp−). Cyclopentadienyl ligands almost invariably bind to metals as a hapticity, pentahapto (''η''5-) bonding ...
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Cyclopentadienyl radical,
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Cyclopentadienyl cation,
See also
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Pentadienyl
In organic chemistry, pentadienyl refers to the organic radical, anion, or cation with the formula , where ''z'' = 0, −1, +1, respectively.
Organometallic chemistry
In organometallic chemistry, the pentadienyl anion is a ligand, the acyclic a ...
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