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Probably because of the bonding involved in making a hydride out of it. You can make beryllium hydrides with somewhat complex precursors, but unlike the heavier Group 2 elements whose hydrides are ionically bonded, you can't just throw some beryllium and some hydrogen in a reaction vessel and have the covalently bonded beryllium hydride fall out.

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