Concerning the purity of magnesium and beryllium alkyls and halides prepared by different methods

Abstract Methods for preparing pure magnesium and beryllium alkyls, aryls and halides have been investigated and evaluated. Some previously reported methods were found to produce impure products whereas one method for each class of compounds above was found that produced an unusually pure product. The latter methods are recommended for the preparation of these classes of compounds when high purity products are necessary such as in molecular association or kinetic studies.