The Addition of Nitriles to a Molecular Digermene: Reversible Addition and Comparison to Surface Reactivity
作者:Julie A. Hardwick、Kim M. Baines
DOI:10.1002/anie.201501278
日期:2015.5.26
The addition of acetonitrile, propionitrile, and acrylonitrile to tetramesityldigermene was investigated and compared to the addition of acetonitrile and acrylonitrile to germanium dimers on the Ge(100)‐2×1 surface. In each case, a 1,2,3‐azadigermetine was formed as the major product. As on the surface, the addition of nitriles to digermenes was found to be reversible, providing the first example of
Thermolysis of hexamesitylsiladigermirane or hexamesitylcyclotrigermane in the presence of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene or water
作者:Kim M. Baines、Jeffrey A. Cooke、Craig E. Dixon、Hui Wen Liu、Matthew R. Netherton
DOI:10.1021/om00014a038
日期:1994.2
The thermolysis of hexwnesitylsiladigermirane and hexamesitylcyclotrigermane in the presence of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene (DMB) or water has been investigated. Thermolysis of hexamesitylsiladigermirane (1) in the presence of DMB results in the formation of two major compounds: 1,1-dimesityl-3,4-dimethyl-1-germacyclopent-3-ene (3) and 1-mesityl-1-(trimesitylsilyl)-3,4-dimethyl-1-germacyclopent-3-ene (4). Compounds 3 and 4 are most probably formed by initial thermal regioselective cleavage of the siladigermirane to give tetramesitylgermasilene and dimesitylgermylene, which is immediately trapped by the diene. The germasilene does not appear to react with DMB but rather, under the reaction conditions, undergoes a 1,2-mesityl shift at a faster rate to give a silylgermylene, which is subsequently trapped by the diene. Similarly, thermolysis of hexamesitylcyclotrigermane (5) in the presence of DMB yields compounds 3 and 1-mesityl-1-(trimesitylgermyl)-3,4-dimethyl-1-germacyclopent-3-ene (6), in contrast to an earlier report. Again, the intermediate digermenere arranges to a germylgermylene, which is the species trapped, at a faster rate than reaction with DMB. Thermolysis of 1 or 5, in the presence of water, results in the formation of products clearly derived from the addition of water across the double bond of the intermediate germasilene or digermene. Unlike the addition of methanol, the addition of water across the germasilene is not completely regioselective. The synthetic utility and mechanistic implications of this reaction are discussed.