Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Beryllocenes

Abstract

Abstract Synthetic studies on substituted beryllocenes have provided new representatives of this family of compounds. Knowledge of their structures gives a better understanding of the long‐standing problem of the structure of the parent beryllocene, Be(C 5 H 5 ) 2 . Theoretical calculations offer a clear picture of their bonding properties, while spectroscopic and reactivity investigations have clarified their dynamic behaviour. Beryllocenes of the type BeCp' 2 (Cp' = methyl‐substituted cyclopentadienyl group) and half‐sandwich cyclopentadienylberyllium compounds are considered. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)