Neutral tricoordinated beryllium(0) compounds – isostructural to BH3 but isoelectronic to NH3†
Abstract
The electronic structure and reactivity of neutral tricoordinated Be(0) compounds BeL3, L = CO (1), NHC (2) and PMe3 (3) are explored by quantum mechanical calculations. These BeL3 complexes are found to be planar or nearly planar like electron deficient BH3 but isoelectronic with