New (2,4,6-Triisopropylphenyl) Hydro-, Halo- and Hydrohalogermanes

Abstract

Abstract New hydro-, halo- and hydrohalogermanes of the types IsGeH3-nCln (n = 0, 1, 3, Is = 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl) and Is(R)GeH2-nXn (n = 0 or 2, X = Cl, F), potential precursors of stable, low-coordinated species of germanium, have been synthesized. All of them are substituted by at least one bulky 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl group, R being a second Is group, a mesityl, a pentamethylcyclopen-tadienyl or a fluorenyl group.