A brief overview of the coordination chemistry aspects of pincer ligands and their complexes containing at least one oxazoline (i.e., 4,5-dihydro-2-oxazole) unit is presented. This historical perspective is placed into a context of the possible future direction(s) in this particular arena of pincer chemistry. These ideas are compared and contrasted to the overall direction of pincer chemistry since the first such complexes were reported in the 1970s.
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