Application of the Donor–Acceptor Concept to Intercept Low Oxidation State Group 14 Element Hydrides using a Wittig Reagent as a Lewis Base
摘要:
This article outlines our attempts to stabilize the Group 14 element dihydrides, GeH2 and SnH2, using commonly employed phosphine and pyridine donors; in each case, elemental Ge and Sn extrusion was noted. However, when these phosphorus and nitrogen donors were replaced with the ylidic Wittig ligand Ph3P=CMe2, stable inorganic methylene complexes (EH2) were obtained, demonstrating the utility of this under-explored ligand class in advancing main group element coordination chemistry.
Application of the Donor–Acceptor Concept to Intercept Low Oxidation State Group 14 Element Hydrides using a Wittig Reagent as a Lewis Base
摘要:
This article outlines our attempts to stabilize the Group 14 element dihydrides, GeH2 and SnH2, using commonly employed phosphine and pyridine donors; in each case, elemental Ge and Sn extrusion was noted. However, when these phosphorus and nitrogen donors were replaced with the ylidic Wittig ligand Ph3P=CMe2, stable inorganic methylene complexes (EH2) were obtained, demonstrating the utility of this under-explored ligand class in advancing main group element coordination chemistry.
Low-Valent Ge<sub>2</sub>and Ge<sub>4</sub>Species Trapped by N-Heterocyclic Gallylene
作者:Adinarayana Doddi、Christian Gemel、Manuela Winter、Roland A Fischer、Catharina Goedecke、Henry S. Rzepa、Gernot Frenking
DOI:10.1002/anie.201204440
日期:2013.1.2
Much π and no σ: quantum chemical calculations showed that the Ge atoms of the Ga(2)Ge(2) core in Ge(2)[Ga(DPP)](2) are not bonded by σ interactions, but rather by a transannular π interaction. The compound is formed by reduction of (PCy(3))⋅GeCl(2) with Ga(DDP)/KC(8) which also yielded a further product Ge(4)[Ga(DPP)](2) with a Ge(4) tetrahedron (DDP=HC(CMeNC(6)H(3)-2,6-iPr(2))(2)).