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Synthesis and Structure of a Stable Cyclic Dialkylgermylene

Mitsuo Kira, Shintaro Ishida, Takeaki Iwamoto, Masaaki Ichinohe, Chizuko Kabuto, Lubov Ignatovich, Hideki Sakurai

Chemistry Letters · 1999 · 79 citations · 24 references

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Abstract A stable cyclic dialkylgermylene (1) was synthesized by reductive dechlorination of the corresponding dichlorogermane (6) with sodium. Germylene 1 is monomeric both in solution and in the solid state, as observed by UV-vis spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.

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Synthesis and Characterization of the Monomeric Diaryls M{C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>-2,6-Mes<sub>2</sub>}<sub>2</sub> (M = Ge, Sn, or Pb; Mes = 2,4,6-Me<sub>3</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>2</sub>−) and Dimeric Aryl−Metal Chlorides [M(Cl){C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>-2,6-Mes<sub>2</sub>}]<sub>2</sub> (M = Ge or Sn)

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The role of group 14 element carbene analogues in transition metal chemistry

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Bivalent germanium, tin, and lead 2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxides and the crystal and molecular structures of M(OC6H2Me-4-But2-2,6)2 (M = Ge or Sn)

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