Quinolino[7,8- h]quinoline: a 'just right' ligand for beryllium(II) coordination

Jenna K Buchanan; Rebecca J Severinsen; Magnus R Buchner; Lewis R Thomas-Hargreaves; Nils Spang; Kevin D John; Paul G Plieger

doi:10.1039/d1dt03367k

Quinolino[7,8- h]quinoline: a 'just right' ligand for beryllium(II) coordination

Dalton Trans. 2021 Nov 30;50(46):16950-16953. doi: 10.1039/d1dt03367k.

Authors

Jenna K Buchanan¹, Rebecca J Severinsen¹, Magnus R Buchner², Lewis R Thomas-Hargreaves², Nils Spang², Kevin D John³, Paul G Plieger¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. P.G.Plieger@massey.ac.nz.
² Anorganische Chemie, Nachwuchsgruppe Hauptgruppenmetallchemie, Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
³ Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.

PMID: 34787615
DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03367k

Abstract

We report the synthesis and crystal structure of the first quinolino[7,8-h]quinoline beryllium(II) complex of the general formula [BeL2(MeCN)Br]Br·MeCN, containing the ligand 4,9-dihydroxyquinolino[7,8-h]quinoline (L2). The Be(II) cation is a great size match for the dinitrogen binding pocket of the quinolino[7,8-h]quinoline ligand as indicated by minimal out-of-plane displacement and ligand distortion parameters.