Se. Davis et al., THE PREPARATION OF (5-ARYL-3-ISOXAZOLYL)-FERROCENES FROM DILITHIATED ACETYLFERROCENE OXIME AND AROMATIC ESTERS, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 533(1-2), 1997, pp. 125-129
Acetylferrocene oxime was dilithiated with excess lithium diisopropyla
mide and the resulting C(alpha),O-dilithiated oxime was condensed at t
he carbanion-type center with aromatic esters to yield C-acylated inte
rmediates that were quenched and acid-cyclized to the (5-aryl-3-isoxaz
olyl)-ferrocenes (isoxazolyl-ferrocenes). The resulting products were
isolated-in yields ranging from 20-76% and purified by recrystallizati
on from ethanol.