“…Such compounds have been originally synthesised by condensation of 1,1 0 -bis(hydroxymethyl)ferrocene with isocyantes (IV: R = C 6 H 4 X-4, where X = H, OMe, NO 2 [2]), by twofold alkylation of an amine (RNH 2 ) with 1,1 0 -bis(bromomethyl)ferrocene (IV: R = C 6 H 4 NO 2 -4 [3]) or 1,1 0 -bis(N-pyridiummethyl)ferrocene dichloride (IV: R = Me [4]) and, finally, by reductive ammination of ferrocene-1,1 0 -dicarbaldehyde (IV: R = x-[(7-chloro-4-quinolyl)amino]alkyl [5]). More recently, Osakada and co-workers devised a practical synthetic route to ferrocenophanes IV based on Ru-catalysed condensation of 1,1 0 -bis(hydroxymethyl)ferrocene with amines [6].…”