The modern study of coordination compounds begins with two men, Alfred Werner and Sophus Mads Jorgensen. Both men were astute chemists, not only in the synthetic or laboratory aspects but also in the area of interpretation and theory.

• 现代配位化合物的研究以阿尔佛雷德.；沃纳和乔金森两人的研究为起点。他们两人不仅在合成和实验方 面；而且在解释和理论上都堪称睿智的化学家。