1997 Volume 13 Issue 4 Pages 541-544
Beryllium(II) solvates [BeSn(H2O)4-n]2+(n=0-4, S=N, N dimethylformamide (dmf) and 1, 1, 3, 3-tetramethylurea (tmu)) in acetonitrile have been characterized by 9Be NMR spectroscopy. The difference in steric effects of the bound dmf and tmu molecules on the structures of the solvates has been clarified by 9Be NMR chemical shifts. The stepwise formation constants, Kn=[[BeSn(H2O)4-n]2+][H2O][[BeSn-1(H2O)5-n]2+]-1[S]-1(n=1-4), obtained from the 9Be NMR signal intensities for the tmu system drastically decrease between K1 and K2 and between K3 and K4, while those for the dmf system decrease statistically with an increase in n. Such a difference in the stability of the two systems is discussed in connection with the steric effects.