Probing the electronic boundaries between trigonal and tetrahedral coordination at beryllium

Dalton Trans. 2020 Jun 21;49(23):7708-7712. doi: 10.1039/d0dt01442g. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Abstract

NEt3 adducts to BeCl2, BeBr2 and BeI2 were synthesized and characterised via NMR and IR spectroscopy as well as X-ray diffractometry. Depending on the halide and the state of matter these are either mono- or dinuclear. Population analyses were performed to determine the influence of the metal's partial charge on the coordination geometry. Additionally, the reactivity of these compounds towards C-Cl- and O-H-bonds was studied.