The photochemistry of diphenylbis(trimethylsilyl)germane (2a) and 1,4-dihydro-5-methyl-1,2,3,4,9,9-hexaphenyl-1,4-germanonaphthalene (11) has been studied in solution by steady-state and laser flash photolysis methods with a view to detecting the transient germylene derivative diphenylgermylene (Ph2Ge), which has previously been shown to be the major product of photolysis of 2a and a closely related derivative of 11. Steady-state trapping experiments confirm the formation of Ph2Ge as the major germanium containing primary product in both cases; with 2a, the results indicate that other transient species are also formed in minor yields, including phenyl(trimethylsilyl)germylene (Ph(TMS)Ge, ca. 6%) and diphenyl(trimethylsilyl)germyl radicals (Ph2(TMS)Ge, ≥15%). Laser flash photolysis of 2a in deoxy genated hexane solution yields a complex mixture of overlapping transient absorptions, which is shown to be comprised of Ph2Ge, tetraphenyldigermene (15) and its oligomerization products, and another species with spectral characteristics similar to the Ph2(TMS)Ge radical. The latter has been independently generated by hydrogen abstraction from diphenyl(trimethylsilyl)germane by tert-butoxyl radicals. Compound 11 extrudes Ph2Ge more cleanly and efficiently upon photolysis in solution, yet laser flash photolysis affords excited triplet and triplet-derived species as the only detectable transient products; interpretation of the results for this compound is made difficult by its slow thermal decomposition to 5-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetraphenylnaphthalene. It is concluded that in spite of the fact that both 2a and 11 afford Ph2Ge in high yield upon photolysis, they are poor precursors for study of the species in solution by time-resolved UVvis methods, owing to the formation of other, more strongly absorbing transient products than Ph2Ge, whose lowest energy absorption is characteristically weak.Key words: germylene, germyl radical, flash photolysis, disilylgermane, photochemistry.
二苯基双(三甲基
硅基)
锗烷(2a)和1,4-二氢-5-甲基-1,2,3,4,9,9-六苯基-1,4-
锗萘(11)的光
化学在溶液中通过稳态和激光闪光光解方法进行了研究,旨在检测瞬态
锗亚烯衍
生物二苯基
锗亚烯(Ph2Ge),该物质已被证明是2a和11的密切相关衍
生物的光解主要产物。稳态捕获实验证实,在这两种情况下,Ph2Ge作为主要含
锗原料产品形成;对于2a,结果表明还形成其他瞬态物种,包括苯基(三甲基
硅基)
锗亚烯(Ph(TMS)Ge,约6%)和二苯基(三甲基
硅基)
锗基自由基(Ph2(TMS)Ge,≥15%)。在脱氧六烷溶液中激光闪光光解2a产生了复杂的重叠瞬态吸收物质混合物,其中包括Ph2Ge、四苯基二
锗烯(15)及其寡聚物产物,以及具有类似于Ph2(TMS)Ge自由基的光谱特征的另一种物质。后者通过叔丁氧基自由基从二苯基(三甲基
硅基)
锗烷中独立产生。化合物11在溶液中光解时更干净、更高效地释放Ph2Ge,然而激光闪光光解仅产生激发的三重态和三重态衍
生物作为唯一可检测的瞬态产物;由于其缓慢的热分解成5-甲基-
1,2,3,4-四苯基萘,对于这种化合物的结果解释变得困难。尽管2a和11在光解时都能高产率产生Ph2Ge,但由于形成了比Ph2Ge更强烈吸收的其他瞬态产物,它们都不适合通过时间分辨UV-vis方法在溶液中研究这些物质。关键词:
锗亚烯,
锗基自由基,闪光光解,二
硅基
锗烷,光
化学。