Novel Structures Containing Germanium(<scp>II</scp>): Germanocene Dimeric Tricarbonyl(di‐<i>tert</i>‐butoxygermylene)nickel(0)

Abstract

The X-ray structure analysis of germanocene 1—prepared for the first time in pure form from NaC5H5 and GeCl2·dioxane, and stable for weeks at −30°C—shows that it is present as the monomer. 1 is an excellent educt for the synthesis of GeII compounds, e.g., alcoholysis leads to 2.