Open AccessCrystal structure and chemical constitution of basic beryllium acetate and its homologues
Publication year - 1926
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1926.0122
Subject(s) - beryllium , molecule , tetrahedron , crystal structure , constitution , chemical structure , chemistry , crystallography , chemical formula , unitary state , crystal (programming language) , stereochemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , law , computer science , programming language , political science
The physical and chemical properties of basic beryllium acetate, OBe4 (CH3 .CO2 )6 , are those of a non-ionised substance having the unitary structure of a typical organic compound, each chemical molecule of which may be regarded as forming one co-ordination complex. The fact that the arrangement of the eleven associating units of which this molecule is composed possesses the geometrical attributes of a tetrahedron has led to a stereochemical conception of the constitution of the compound, which is confirmed by the results of X-ray analysis.