Synthesis of stable diphenyl-di(germylene) and diphenyldi(plumbylene)

Dickschat J., Heitmann D., Pape T., Hahn F. E.

Abstract

Reaction of the 3,3′,4,4′tetra(alkylamino) diphenyl 2 with 2 equiv of Ge[N(TMS)2]2 or Pb[N(TMS)2] 2 lead to the formation of the rigid ditopic digermylene 3 and diplumbylene 4, respectively. The molecular structures of 3 and 4 have been determined by X-ray diffraction methods revealing intermolecular E/Ar (E = Ge, Pb) interactions. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.