2,3,4,7-Tetrahydro-1H -inden-2-ol (1) has been synthesised by Birch reduction of indan-2-ol. A single-crystal X-ray structur analysis of 1 shows the compound to exist as hydrogen-bonded polymers along the c-axis due to the presence of a series of hydrogen bonds between hydroxo functions. The ferrocene ester derivatives, ferrocene carboxylic acid 2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1H -inden-2-yl este (2) and fe...