Publisher Summary This chapter presents a summary that discusses the coordination
chemistry of homoleptic thioether macrocycles critically, with emphasis on likely future
developments and uses. Some unpublished results, mainly crystallographic data from
laboratories, are discussed in this chapter. The coordination chemistry of thioether ligands
has undergone a renaissance over the past five years. This has been because of the
observation that cyclic thioethers can bind to a range of transition metal ions to form stable …