Covalent bonded bridging ligands

Covalent Bonded Bridging Ligands for Self-Supported Catalysts... 

Beryllium is normally divalent in its compounds and, because of its high ionic potential, has a tendency to form covalent bonds. In free BeX2 molecules, the Be atom is promoted to a state in which the valence electrons occupy two equivalent sp hybrid orbitals and so a linear X—Be—X system is found. However, such a system is coordinatively unsaturated and there is a strong tendency for the Be to attain its maximum coordination of four. This may be done through polymerization, as in solid BeCk, via bridging chloride ligands, or by the Be acting as an acceptor for suitable donor molecules. The concept of coordinative saturation can be applied to the other M"+ cations, and attempts to achieve it have led to attempts to deliberately synthesize new compounds. 

The solvent influences on the complex formation and stability have been reviewed by Golub et al.194 Several monomeric complexes of Hg(SCN)2 with N, O, P, As and S donor ligands are known with terminal Hg—SCN bonds.224-2 Some thiocyanate-bridged dimeric complexes of mercury(II) are also known.225,226 Recently the isolation of a mercury(II) thiocyanate complex with hexamethylenetetramine with exclusively N-bonded SCN groups has been published (Figure 9).233 The compounds (CH2)6N4-Hg(SCN)2 and (CH2)6N4-2Hg(SCN)2 exhibit covalently bonded Hg—s.394,595... 

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