Addition of organoberyllium hydrides to some cyanides
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
- No. 16,p. 1737-1740
- https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9740001737
Abstract
Methylberyllium hydride in trimethylamine rapidly adds to organic cyanides yielding dimeric methyleneamino-complexes [Me(RCHN)Be,NMe3]2(R = But, Ph, o-MeC6H4, or m-MeC6H4). Pyridine replaces trimethylamine in benzylideneamino(methyl)beryllium without cleaving the Be2N2 ring, giving (MeBeNCHPh,py)2. t-Butyl-beryllium hydride behaves similarly giving [But(RCHN) Be,py]2. With the latter further addition does not occur. Di-t-butylberyllium forms 2 : 1 co-ordination complexes with PhCN, rather than reducing the carbon–nitrogen triple bond.Keywords
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