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The structure of ferrocene was confirmed by [[Nuclear magnetic resonance|NMR]] spectroscopy and [[X-ray crystallography]].<ref name=r1/><ref>{{cite journal|author=Dunitz, J. D., Orgel, L. E.|title=Bis-Cyclopentadienyl&nbsp;– A Molecular Sandwich|journal= [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |year=1953| volume=171 |pages= 121–122|doi = 10.1038/171121a0|issue=4342
|bibcode = 1953Natur.171..121D }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author = J. Dunitz, L. Orgel, A. Rich |title = The crystal structure of ferrocene |journal = [[Acta Crystallographica]] |year = 1956 |volume = 9 |pages = 373–375 |doi = 10.1107/S0365110X56001091 |issue = 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=P. F. Eiland and R. Pepinsky |year=1952|title=X-ray examination of iron biscyclopentadienyl|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=74|page =4971|doi=10.1021/ja01139a527|issue=19}}</ref> Its distin(contracted; show full)

==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|title=A New Type of Organo-Iron Compound
|bibcode = 1951Natur.168.1039K }}</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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[[Category:Organoiron compounds]]
[[Category:Metallocenes]]
[[Category:Antiknock agents]]
[[Category:Sandwich compounds]]
[[Category:Cyclopentadienyl complexes]]