Planar tetracoordinate carbon species involving beryllium substituents.
Planar tetracoordinate carbon species involving beryllium substituents.
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DOI:
10.1021/ic7017709
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发表时间:
2008-01
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4.6
通讯作者:
Zhi‐Xiang Wang;Chenggen Zhang;Zhongfang Chen;P. Schleyer
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作者:
Zhi‐Xiang Wang;Chenggen Zhang;Zhongfang Chen;P. Schleyer
Planar tetracoordinate carbon (ptC) arrangements can be achieved by employing multiple substituents based on beryllium, despite its rather weak pi-acceptor ability. A variety of ptC-containing examples, some with more than one ptC, have been designed computationally by elaborating the planar C(BeH) 4 (2-) prototype at B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) and MP2/6-311++G(3df,2p) levels of theory for some small ptC representatives. The prototype prefers a D(2h) paramagnetic triplet ground state due to Hund's rule, rather than a singlet. The highly polarized C-Be bonding weakens the rigidity of the tetrahedral carbon in T(d)C(BeH) 4 enormously, and the enhancement of both C-Be and Be 4 peripheral covalent bonding exerted by the extra electrons stabilizes the ptC eventually. The delocalization of the two p pi electrons is only modest, but their density on the most electronegative carbon atom helps stabilize the ptC arrangement. This is in contrast to the conventional strategy to delocalize p(pi) lone pairs for stabilizing the ptC arrangement. Various strategies to achieve neutral derivatives with ptCs are demonstrated.