Structure of 1-isothiocyanato-2,8,9-trioxa-5-aza-1-germabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane: the first metallatrane with a direct metal–NCS bond
Abstract
A germatrane with a Ge–NCS bond has been isolated and characterised by X-ray crystallography and molecular spectroscopy; [graphic omitted] exhibits the shortest known Ge–N bond distance amongst germatranes and the first 13C–14N coupling [J(13C–14N)= 21.0 Hz] in a five-co-ordinate germanium compound.