Lewis base induced tuning of the Ge-Ge bond order in a "digermyne"

Geoffrey H Spikes; Philip P Power

doi:10.1039/b612202g

Lewis base induced tuning of the Ge-Ge bond order in a "digermyne"

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jan 7:(1):85-7. doi: 10.1039/b612202g. Epub 2006 Oct 19.

Authors

Geoffrey H Spikes¹, Philip P Power

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 17279269
DOI: 10.1039/b612202g

Abstract

The reaction of the "digermyne" Ar'GeGeAr' (Ar' = C6H3-2,6(C6H3-2,6-Pr(i)2)2; Ge-Ge = 2.2850(6) A) with mesityl isocyanide affords the bis adduct [Ar'GeGeAr'(CNMes)2] which results in the conversion of a Ge-Ge multiple bond to a long Ge-Ge single bond (= 2.6626(8) A).