“…Ferrocenecarboxaldehyde, acetylferrocene, ethynyltrimethylsilane, 4'-bromoacetophenone, 4-bromobenzaldehyde and 1-iodo-4-nitrobenzene were purchased from Aldrich and used without further purification. The synthesis of 3-ferrocenyl-1-(4'-bromophenyl), A, 4-ethynylacetophenone, C, 4-ethynylbenzaldehyde, D, and [RuCl(dppe) 2 ]OTf were previously reported [41,58,59]. The already reported compound 1-ferrocenyl-3-(4'-bromophenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one [53], B, was obtained by the following modified method: 246 mg of KOH (4.38 mmol), was dissolved in 40 mL of methanol and 10 mL of water.…”