A Germylene Stabilized by Homoconjugation.

Zhaowen Dong Crispin R W Reinhold Marc Schmidtmann Thomas Müller

Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2016)

The synthesis of a bicyclic germylene from the reaction of a germole dianion with hafnocene dichloride is reported. This germylene is stabilized by a homoconjugative interaction of the dicoordinated germanium atom with a remote C=C double bond. First reactivity studies revealed its nucleophilic character and resulted in the synthesis of bimetallic hafnium/iron and hafnium/tungsten complexes with a germylene group linker.

Keyphrases

molecular dynamics
single cell
transition metal