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The carbon-carbon bond distances are 1.40 Å within the five membered rings, and the Fe-C bond distances are 2.04 Å.

==Synthesis and handling properties==
The first reported<ref>{{cite journal|year=1951|last1=Kealy|first1=T. J.|last2=Pauson|first2=P. L.|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=168|pages=1039|doi=10.1038/1681039b0
|issue=4285}}</ref> synthesis of ferrocene used the [[Grignard reaction|Grignard reagent]] cyclopentadienyl magnesium bromide, which can be prepared by reacting [[cyclopentadiene]] with magnesium and [[bromoethane]] in [[anhydrous]] [[benzene]]. [[Iron(II) chloride]] is then suspended in anhydrous [[diethyl ether]] and added to the Grignard reagent.  The reaction sequence is:

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