Coordination chemistry of thiazoles, isothiazoles and thiadiazoles

Thiazole derived compounds have great potential in medicinal-and agro-chemistries, catalysis, cosmetic industry, corrosion protection, light harvesting, production of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photochromes and molecular switches or nonlinear optical materials. In spite of that, not much attention has been paid to the coordination chemistry of this class of versatile and polyfunctional heterocyclic ligands. This review intends to systematize the existing information in this field and to highlight some perspectives in the synthesis and applications of 1,3-thiazole, isothiazole and thiadiazole metal complexes. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.