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Organometallic Compounds

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science-and-technology2 years ago

Advancements in Organometallic Chemistry: A Breakthrough Compound for Electron Storage

Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have synthesized a new metallocene compound capable of holding 21 electrons, surpassing the typical limit of 18 electrons. The stable compound, with its unique "sandwich" structure, has potential applications in medicine, catalysis, and the energy sector, offering solutions to global challenges and improving quality of life. The researchers rigorously demonstrated the successful bonding of nitrogen to cobalt without altering the sandwich structure, paving the way for further advancements in organometallic chemistry and material science.

chemistry2 years ago

Chemists achieve stable beryllium bond after 50-year quest

Researchers at the University of Oxford have successfully isolated the first stable compound with a beryllium-beryllium bond, diberyllocene, using a dimeric magnesium(I) complex. The synthesis of diberyllocene will help answer questions about the fundamental nature of beryllium-beryllium bonding that were posed over a century ago. The compound features two half-sandwich (cyclopentadienyl)beryllium units linked through a beryllium-beryllium bond, which was found to be 2.05Å in length. The researchers also concluded that diberyllocene was a reductant that could be used to synthesise other beryllium-metal bonds.