Crystalline 3-ferrocenyl-3-(1-naphthyl)cyclopropene was prepared by dehydrobromination of Z-and E-2-bromo-l-ferrocenyl-l-(l-naphthyl)-cyclopropanes by ButOK in DMSO. The resulting compound and the starting Z-monobromocyclopropane were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. The obtained cyclopropene reacts with 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran to give a [4+2J-cycloadduct. The small ring opens upon treatment with HBF4 etherate to afford isomeric Z-and E-prop-l-enes and 1-ferrocenyl-3//-berLzo[e]indene. Thermolysis of this cyclopropene results in the formation of l-ferrocenyl-gbH-benzo [e]indene. In all cases, opening of the small ring is accompanied by exclusive alkylation of the naphthalene moiety.