To produce ferrocene one requires 2.33 g of C₅H₅ (65.0 g/mol)for every 1.00 g of Fe used (55.9 g/mol).What is the value of x in the formula of ferrocene:

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To produce ferrocene, we need 2.33 g of CS1U1B15S1U1B0HS1U1B15S1U1B0 for every 1.00 g of Fe used. This means that the molar ratio of CS1U1B15S1U1B0HS1U1B15S1U1B0 to Fe is 2.33 g/65.0 g/mol to 1.00 g/55.9 g/mol or 0.0357 to 0.0179 or approximately 2:1. This means that the formula of ferrocene must contain two cyclopentadienyl anions, which are expressed as S1U1B1. Therefore, the correct formula for ferrocene is 2S1U1B1 S1U1B0.

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