The duality of electron localization and covalency in lanthanide and actinide metallocenes
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Unequivocal experimental evidence for carbon 2p and cerium 4f orbital mixing in cerocene, Ce(C8H8)2 is provided from carbon K-edge and Ce M5,4-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopies and corroborated with DFT and configuration interaction calculations.