metallacyclopentane

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English

Etymology

From metalla- +‎ cyclopentane.

Noun

metallacyclopentane (plural metallacyclopentanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of saturated organometallic heterocycles having four carbon atoms and one metal atom in the ring