Abstract 2-Ferrocenyl-2-oxazolines, available from the reaction of chlorocarbonylferrocene with aziridines and subsequent acid-catalyzed isomerisation, are metallated (lithiated) regiospecifically in the 2-position of the ferrocenyl moiety. Further reaction of the metallated compounds with electrophiles gives 1, 2-disubstituted ferrocenes solely. In contrast to the analogous 2-phenyl-2-oxazolines, 2-ferrocenyl-2-oxazolines exhibit high stability under ...
[Jios, Jorge L.; Kirin, Srecko I.; Weyhermueller, Thomas; Metzler-Nolte, Nils; Della Vedova, Carlos O. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2006 , vol. 825, # 1-3 p. 53 - 59]
