Issue 5, 2018

Reversible addition of terminal alkenes to digermynes

Abstract

Stable digermynes with sterically demanding Bbt (Bbt = 2,6-[CH(SiMe3)2]2-4-[C(SiMe3)3]-C6H2) or Tbb (Tbb = 4-tBu-2,6-[CH(SiMe3)2]2-C6H2) groups underwent [2+2] cycloadditions with terminal alkenes to give the corresponding 1,2-digermacyclobutenes. In the case of the Bbt-substituted digermyne, the reaction was reversible at room temperature, i.e., the 1,2-digermacyclobutene (Ge(II) species) is susceptible to a facile reductive elimination that affords the corresponding digermyne (Ge(I) species) and the alkene.

Graphical abstract: Reversible addition of terminal alkenes to digermynes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Nov. 2017
Accepted
11 Dec. 2017
First published
11 Dec. 2017

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 519-522

Reversible addition of terminal alkenes to digermynes

T. Sugahara, J. Guo, T. Sasamori, S. Nagase and N. Tokitoh, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 519 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08555A

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