Ligand exchange at tetra-coordinated beryllium centres.

Dalton Trans

Anorganische und Metallorganische Chemie, Department Chemie und Pharmazie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.

Published: April 2023

Mono and dinuclear phosphine complexes of beryllium halides [(PMe)BeX], [(PMe)BeX] and [(PCy)BeX] (X = Cl, Br, I) were synthesised and characterised NMR and IR spectroscopy as well as single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments. Dissociation and ligand exchange processes at these complexes were investigated through variable temperature NMR experiments in combination with line shape analysis and complemented by quantum chemical calculations. The PMe dissociation energy is smallest in [(PMe)BeCl], while PMe exchange is similar in energy in all mononuclear [(PMe)BeX] complexes and follows an interchange mechanism. While [(PMe)BeX] dissociates homolytically, [(PCy)BeX] cleaves one phosphine ligand. These distinctive dissociation processes account for the different chemical behaviour of these complexes.

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