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The development of new flame retardants is of ever increasing importance because of ecotoxicity concerns over existing systems and related regulatory pressures. From a range of low-toxicity, water-insoluble reagents, a total of 151 metal complexes were assessed for their potential to impart flame retardant behaviour in polymer matrices. These were successfully synthesised on a small scale and possible...