Question

What is Zeise's Salt and Ferrocene? Explain with structure?

Answer 1

$\text{Zeise's salt}$ is $K\left[PtC{l}_3\right({\eta }^2-C_2{H}_4\left)\right]$. The structure of the Zeise's salt is shown in the figure. This salt was prepared by Danish pharmacist Zeise in 1830 . It is one of the compound of transition metals which was prepared earlier. The plane of ethylene molecule and the $C=C$ axis are perpendicular to the expected bond direction of the central atom.

$\text{Ferrocene}$ This is an orange-yellow compound. It is an organometallic compound with formula $Fe(C_5{H}_5{)}_2$. The structure of Ferrocene is shown in the given figure.