Abstract
The crystal structure properties of [BeI2(OEt2)2] (OEt2 = diethyl ether) are: monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 8.7737(18)Å, b = 12.596(3)Å, c = 26.086(5)Å, β = 93.36(3)°, V = 2877.9(10)Å3, Z = 8, R1 = 0.0316, wR2 = 0.0640 for 7240 reflections (I > 2σ(I)). The compound crystallizes with two crystallographically independent molecules in the asymmetric unit and contains the first structurally characterized examples of Be-I bonds in a molecular compound.
