Croft, Graeme John Bruce2018-04-092018-04-091991https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24295A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.The addition of cyclohexyl substituents to existing ligands was investigated for its potential use as a factor in ligand design for achieving high specificity for particular metal ions, (Abbreviation abstract)enMetal ionsLigandsThe selective complexation of metal ions by ligands bearing cyclohexyl substituentsThesis