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DOI: 10.1039/A703037A (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 1595-1596

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

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Marilyn M. Olmstead, Lihung Pu, Richard S. Simons and Philip P. Power

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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