Abstract
Two synthetic routes to cationic ruthenium germylene complexes are described. A hydrogen-substituted germylene complex undergoes various additions of the Ge–H bond to 
- This article is part of the themed collection: Frontiers in Molecular Main Group Chemistry
 
                



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