The contribution of Dwyer and Lions to the design of sexadentate ligands
Anthony Thomas Baker · Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales · 1999
The series of papers published by Dwyer, Lions and their collaborators on metal complexes of sexadentate ligands represented one of the first attempts to design ligands which would yield metal complexes with particular structures.These papers are reviewed and their impact on contemporary and subsequent workers in coordination chemistry is assessed.Also included as Appendices are a supplement to complete the list of Dwyer's publications and some biographical notes on Dwyer and Lions.The collaboration of an organic chemist and a chemist from an analytical / inorganic background yielded important results for the field of coordination chemistry in the 1950s, a time when that field was developing rapidly.Dwyer and Lions have left a lasting impression on Australian coordination chemistry through their students and others adopting their approach of designing ligands to achieve particular structures for metal complexes.