The (dimethylaminomethyl)ferrocene (I) was metalated with butyllithium and the organolithium intermediate (II) was condensed with dimethylformamide to furnish, after aqueous quenching, the ferrocenecarboxaldehyde (III). Aldehyde (III) was converted to oxime (IV) by treatment with hydroxylamine in aqueous ethanol. Reduction of oxime (IV) using LiAlH4 produced the primary amine (V). This was then condensed with 4,7-dichloroquinoline (VI) in hot NMP, and the resulting adduct was finally isolated as the L-tartrate salt.