Planar Hexacoordinate Beryllium: Covalent Bonding Between s–block Metals

• Published in: Chemistry : a European journal Vol. 29; no. 67; pp. e202302672 - n/a
• Main Authors: Jin, Bo, Guan, Xiao‐Ling, Yan, Miao, Wang, Ying‐Jin, Wu, Yan‐Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Aromaticity; Atomic properties; Beryllium; Bonding strength; Chemistry; Chlorine; Clusters; Covalence; covalent; double aromaticity; Dynamic stability; Electronegativity; global minimum; Ligands; Metals; planar hexacoordinate beryllium; s-block metals; Star formation

Achieving a planar hypercoordinate arrangement of s‐block metals through covalent bonding with ligands is challenging due to the strong ionicity involved. Herein, we report the first case of a neutral binary global minimum containing a planar hexacoordinate beryllium atom. The central Be atom is coo...