Recent efforts of this laboratory has resulted in the experimental realization of unusual main group molecules stabilized by N-heterocyclic carbenes. Notable examples include diborene (H�B=B�H), disilicon (Si2), diphosphorus (P2), and diarsenic (As2). We recently synthesized a carbene-stabilized analogue of the elusive beryllium borohydride monomer, L:Be(BH4)2 (L: = N-Heterocyclic Carbene)�the first structurally characterized compound containing the highly reactive Be(BH4)2 moiety. This talk will highlight our most recent results concerning the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of novel organoberyllium complexes.

N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilization of highly reactive beryllium complexes

247th National Meeting (2014)

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