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Electrophysiology of Scorpion Peg Sensilla
Published on: April 13, 2011
Solvent-induced ion separation of a beryllium scorpionate complex
Dominik Naglav1, Briac Tobey, Kevin Dzialkowski
1University of Duisburg-Essen and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), Universitätsstr. 5-7, S07 S03 C30, 45117 Essen, Germany. stephan.schulz@uni-due.de.
Abstract:
Spontaneous ion separation of the scorpionate beryllium complex, TpBeI 1 (Tp = 1-trispyrazolylborate), occurs upon treatment with THF, yielding [TpBe(thf)]I 2, which was characterized by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy (1H, 9Be, 13C) and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. 2 represents a rare example of a structurally characterized monocationic beryllium complex, and to the best of our knowledge, the synthesis of 2 by a solvent-induced ion separation has previously only been observed in the reactions of beryllium dihalides with strong Lewis bases.
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