Bernard L. Shaw

Bernard Leslie Shaw, FRS (28 March 1930 – 8 November 2020) was an English chemist who made notable contributions to organometallic chemistry.

He was made head of the university's department of Inorganic Chemistry in 1990 and Emeritus Professor upon his retirement in 1995.

[citation needed] Together with his longtime collaborator Joseph Chatt, Shaw contributed to the development of organoplatinum chemistry.

This colourless, volatile solid was the first non-organometallic hydride (i.e., lacking a metal-carbon bond).

A short (18 minute) video of his funeral service, held during covid lockdown, is available here.

Preparation of a nickel pincer complex as described by Shaw et al.