“…As a continuation of our program expanding the scope of ferrocene-containing heterocycles with potential biological relevance, we envisaged a preliminary study on the synthetic accessibility and structural characteristics of the first members of ferroceno[3,4]pyrrolo[2,1-b]thiazol-5(8bH)-ones. These organometallics, comprising the elements of planar- and central chirality, represent a novel class of ferrocene-fused heterocycles with well-defined stereostructures [ 12 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. The diverse molecular architectures of known ferroceno-heterocycles have been assembled by a variety of synthetic methodologies including conventional organic heterocyclisations [ 12 , 17 , 18 , 19 ] and protocols based on transition metal-catalysed CH-activation [ 20 , 21 ], alkyne-mediated annulations [ 22 , 23 ], cross-coupling reactions [ 24 ], metal-free radical cyclisation [ 25 ] as well as iron-incorporation in the late-stage construction of the ferrocene moiety [ 26 ].…”