In this article ferrocene monoamino phenyl boronic acid (FcMAPBA) and ferrocene diamino phenyl boronic acid (FcDAPBA) were synthesized and characterized by(1)H NMR and FTIR. Particular emphasis is given to cis-diol and saccharide binding affinities with ferrocene amino phenyl boronic acid (FcAPBAs) which was investigated by H-1 NMR and CV (using sorbitol). Free and bound forms of derivatives were depicted from disappearance of boronic acid hydroxyls signal in H-1 NMR spectra. The presence of two discrete peaks in the CV curves is in agreement with H-1 NMR spectra, as the indication of cis-diol binding with saccharides. It was also proposed that this approach using potential shift difference in CV curves can be applied for surface confined glycated molecules detection. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.