Issue 11, 2019

Dinuclear organogermanium chalcogenide complexes as intermediates towards functionalized clusters

Abstract

Reactions of R1GeCl3 (R1 = CMe2CH2COMe) with (Me3Si)2E (E = S, Se, Te) yield three new organogermanium chalcogenide complexes [(R1GeCl)2S2] (1), [(R1GeCl)2Se2] (2), and [(R1GeCl)2Te2] (3) with functionalized ligands R1 = CMe2CH2COMe. NMR titration experiments clearly demonstrate that these dimeric complexes are intermediates in the formation of the well-known sesquichalcogenide clusters [(R1Ge)4E6]. In striking contrast to related tin compounds that were recently reported, the mono-bridged complexes of the type “[(R1GeCl2)2E]” and defect-heterocubane-type clusters “[(R1Ge)3E4Cl]” do not form on the NMR time scale for E = S or Te, and only in traces for E = Se.

Graphical abstract: Dinuclear organogermanium chalcogenide complexes as intermediates towards functionalized clusters

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Sun 2019
Accepted
15 Yan 2019
First published
21 Yan 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 3671-3675

Dinuclear organogermanium chalcogenide complexes as intermediates towards functionalized clusters

E. Dornsiepen and S. Dehnen, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 3671 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00310J

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