The Early Years of 2,2'-Bipyridine-A Ligand in Its Own Lifetime

Edwin C Constable; Catherine E Housecroft

doi:10.3390/molecules24213951

The Early Years of 2,2'-Bipyridine-A Ligand in Its Own Lifetime

Molecules. 2019 Oct 31;24(21):3951. doi: 10.3390/molecules24213951.

Authors

Edwin C Constable¹, Catherine E Housecroft²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland. edwin.constable@unibas.ch.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland. catherine.housecroft@unibas.ch.

Abstract

The first fifty years of the chemistry of 2,2'-bipyridine are reviewed from its first discovery in 1888 to the outbreak of the second global conflict in 1939. The coordination chemistry and analytical applications are described and placed in the context of the increasingly sophisticated methods of characterization which became available to the chemist in this time period. Many of the "simple" complexes of 2,2'-bipyridine reported in the early literature have been subsequently shown to have more complex structures.

Keywords: 2,2’-bipyridine; coordination chemistry; history; supramolecular chemistry; synthesis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

2,2'-Dipyridyl / chemistry*
Coordination Complexes / chemistry
Dimerization
Drug Discovery
Ligands
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Oxidation-Reduction
Stereoisomerism

Substances

Coordination Complexes
Ligands
2,2'-Dipyridyl