Bernard L. Shaw

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Bernard Leslie Shaw, FRS (28 March 1930 โ€“ 8 November 2020) was an English chemist who made notable contributions to organometallic chemistry. He was Professor of Inorganic and Structural Chemistry at the University of Leeds.[1]

Early life

Shaw was born on 28 March 1930 in

Hulme Grammar School in Oldham
.

Shaw married Mary Elizabeth Neild in 1951.

Career

Shaw studied at the

Civil Service at the Torry Research Station in Aberdeen and five years at ICI he was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Inorganic and Structural Chemistry at the University of Leeds in 1962. He was promoted to Reader in 1966 and to a Personal Chair in 1971. He was made head of the university's department of Inorganic Chemistry in 1990 and Emeritus Professor
upon his retirement in 1995.

Shaw was at various times a Visiting Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Carnegie Mellon University (1969), the American National University (1983) and the University of Auckland (1986). He was Lecturer at the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1987โ€“88.[citation needed]

Scientific contributions

Together with his longtime collaborator Joseph Chatt, Shaw contributed to the development of organoplatinum chemistry. They reported the first platinum hydride, PtHCl(PEt3)2. This colourless, volatile solid was the first non-organometallic hydride (i.e., lacking a metal-carbon bond).[2]

With an interest in cyclometallation,

pincer complexes via the orthometalation of 1,3-C6H4(CH2PBut2)2.[4]

Pincer complex
prepared by Shaw et al.

Honours and awards

Death

Shaw died on 8 November 2020, aged 90. A short (18 minute) video of his funeral service, held during covid lockdown, is available here.

References

  1. ^ University of Leeds, obituary
  2. doi:10.1039/PS9570000329
  3. doi:10.1039/DT9790001972
  4. doi:10.1039/DT9760001020
  5. ^ "Tilden Prizes Previous Winners". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Bernard Shaw-Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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