“…Ferrocenyl alcohols show a strong propensity both to self-assemble into oligomeric or polymeric aggregates (Sharma, Cervantes-Lee & Pannell, 1992;Ferguson, Gallagher, Glidewell & Zakaria, 1993aLi, Ferguson, Glidewell & Zakaria, 1994; and to form host-guest complexes (Ferguson, Gallagher, Glidewell & Zakaria, 1993b;Glidewell, Ferguson, Lough & Zakaria, 1994;Ferguson, Glidewell, Lewis & Zakaria, 1995). Following the observation of a very wide range of hydrogen-bonding patterns in adducts of ferrocenyl alcohols with amines, where the ferrocene acts as a hydrogenbond donor (Ferguson, Gallagher, Glidewell & Zakaria, 1993b;Glidewell, Ferguson, Lough & Zakaria, 1994;Ferguson, Glidewel|, Lewis & Zakaria, 1995), we have now embarked on a study of functionalized ferrocenes, which are potentially strong hydrogen-bond acceptors.…”