Cesium Reduction of a Lithium Diamidochloroberyllate.

ABSTRACT: Room temperature reaction of elemental cesium with the dimeric lithium chloroberyllate [{SiN^Dipp}BeClLi]₂ [{SiN^Dipp} = {CH₂SiMe₂N(Dipp)}₂, where Dipp = 2,6-di-isopropylphenyl, in C₆D₆ results in activation of the arene solvent. Although, in contrast to earlier observations of lithium and sodium metal reduction, the generation of a mooted cesium phenylberyllate could not be confirmed, this process corroborates a previous hypothesis that such beryllium-centered solvent activation also necessitates the formation of hydridoberyllium species. These observations are further borne out by the study of an analogous reaction performed in toluene, in which case the proposed generation of formally low oxidation sta

SUBMITTER: Pearce KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10865438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature