Luigi Sacconi

Luigi Sacconi was an Italian inorganic chemist who gained renown for contributions to coordination chemistry.

He received a Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Florence.

He was mentor of future influential inorganic chemists including Ivano Bertini, Claudio Bianchini, Fausto Calderazzo, Carlo Floriani, Dante Gatteschi, Carlo Mealli, and Maurizio Peruzzini.

Among his many contributions, Sacconi popularized tripodal ligands, which often stabilize pentacoordinate complexes with unusual electronic or chemical properties.

[3] He was awarded the Premio Presidente della Repubblica (prize) in 1977.