A facile digermene-to-germylgermylene rearrangement; bulky germylene insertion into the Si–H bond

Abstract

The thermolysis of hexamesitylcyclotrigermane 1 in the presence of triethylsilane at 105 °C yields dimesityl(triethylsilyl)germane 2 and 1,1,1,2-tetramesityl(2-triethylsilyl)digermane 3; the molecular structure of 3 has been determined by X-ray crystallography.