Reduction of Ge(Cl)C₆H₃mes₂-2,6 to give the cyclotrigermenyl radical (GeC₆H₃mes₂-2,6)₃· and the trigermenyl anion salt K(GeC₆H₃mes₂-2,6)₃

Abstract

Treatment of Ge(Cl)C₆H₃mes₂-2,6 1 with 1 equiv. of KC₈ furnishes the new cyclotrigermenyl radical (GeC₆H₃mes₂-2,6)₃·, 2) which is characterized by EPR and X-ray crystallography; reduction with a further equivalent of KC₈ gives the new trigermenyl allyl anion analogue K(GeC₆H₃mes₂-2,6)₃ which has an open Ge₃ framework with a wide Ge–Ge–Ge angle of 159.19(10)°at the central Ge and a Ge–Ge distance of 2.422(2) Å.

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