Hypervalence in germanium compounds containing the tetracylic moiety {S(C6H3S)2O}Ge via O···Ge transannular interactions: A structural study
摘要:
Treatment of RnGeCl4-n with {S(C6H3SH)(2)O} (1) afforded the stable phenoxathiin-4,6-dithiolate compounds [{S(C6H3S)(2)O}GeR2] [n = 2; R = Et (2), Ph (3)] and [{S(C6H3S)(2)O}GeRCl] [n = 1; R = Et (4), Ph (5)]. Treatment of GeCl4 with I in benzene afforded the dichloro compound [{S(C6H3S)(2)O}GeCl2] (8) at 7 degrees C. Bromo compounds [{S(C6H3S)(2)O}GeRBr] [R = Et (6), Ph (7)] and [{S(C6H3S)(2)O}GeBr2] (9) were synthesized by halogen exchange from the appropriate chloro derivative using KBr/HBr. X-ray structure determinations of diorganyl dithiolate compounds 2 and 3 revealed that germanium atom is contained in a boat-chair-shaped eight-membered central ring and displays a tetrahedral geometry. In contrast, compounds 4-6 display a boat-boat-shaped central ring with a significant intramolecular transannular O center dot center dot center dot Ge interaction. The geometry of the pentacoordinate Ge atom in these last complexes may be described as distorted trigonal bipyramidal with a 62-65% distortion displacement. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.