Alkali metal reduction of alkali metal cations.

ABSTRACT: Counter to synthetic convention and expectation provided by the relevant standard reduction potentials, the chloroberyllate, [{SiN^Dipp}BeClLi]₂ [{SiN^Dipp} = {CH₂SiMe₂N(Dipp)}₂; Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr₂C₆H₃)], reacts with the group 1 elements (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs) to provide the respective heavier alkali metal analogues, [{SiN^Dipp}BeClM]₂, through selective reduction of the Li⁺ cation. Whereas only [{SiN^Dipp}BeClRb]₂ is amenable to reduction by potassium to its nearest lighter congener, these species may also be sequentially interconverted by treatment of [{SiN^Dipp}BeClM]₂ by the successively heavier group 1 metal. A theoretica

SUBMITTER: Pearce KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709313 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature