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Subject: Are the rings in ferrocene constantly rotating?

Date: Fri Jan 21 02:13:08 2000
Posted by Mark
Grade level: undergrad School: Wheaton College
City: Wheaton State/Province: IL Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 948442388.Ch
Message:

My textbook says that the rings in ferrorcene are constantly 
rotating, but all of the sources I have looked at indicated that the rings 
are staggered or eclipsed.  How can they be constantly rotating if the 
ring orientation can be known?  Also, according to the references I have 
found, ferrocene has an internal rotation barrier of 4-10kJ/mol. Is this 
barrier just for the change of staggered to eclipsed or is it the barrier 
for the rings to be constantly rotating?

Please include any references used.


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