An unsymmetric substituted digermylene with a Ge(i)-Ge(i) bond and synthesis of a germylene-stannylene with a Ge(i)-Sn(i) bond

Wenyuan Wang, Shigeyoshi Inoue, Shenglai Yao, Matthias Driess

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Abstract

Convenient salt metathesis reaction of the N-heterocyclic germanium(ii) nucleophile LGeK(Et2O)2 [L = C(Me)CHC(Me)N(2,6- iPr2C6H3)] with the β-diketiminato Ge(ii) chloride L′GeCl [L′ = CH{CMe(NR)} 2, R = 2,6-iPr2C6H3] and the tin analogue L′SnCl furnishes the corresponding novel digermylene having a Ge(i)-Ge(i) bond and the first germylene-stannylene with a Ge(i)-Sn(i) bond, respectively; spectroscopic, structural and theoretical analysis of the latter compounds revealed that they bear Ge-M (M = Ge and Sn) σ bonds with ionic character.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2661-2663
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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