Different reactivity of the heavier group 14 element alkyne analogues Ar'MMAr' (M = Ge, Sn; Ar' = C6H3-2,6(C6H3-2,6-Pri2)2) with R2NO

Geoffrey H Spikes; Yang Peng; James C Fettinger; Jochen Steiner; Philip P Power

doi:10.1039/b513189h

Different reactivity of the heavier group 14 element alkyne analogues Ar'MMAr' (M = Ge, Sn; Ar' = C6H3-2,6(C6H3-2,6-Pri2)2) with R2NO

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Dec 28:(48):6041-3. doi: 10.1039/b513189h. Epub 2005 Nov 9.

Authors

Geoffrey H Spikes¹, Yang Peng, James C Fettinger, Jochen Steiner, Philip P Power

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA.

PMID: 16333521
DOI: 10.1039/b513189h

Abstract

The reactions of the digermanium and ditin alkyne analogues Ar'MMAr' (M = Ge or Sn) with R2NO, (R2NO = Me2C(CH2)3CMe2NO or N2O), result in complete MM bond cleavage to afford the germylene :Ge(Ar')ONR2 or the germanium(II) or tin(II) hydroxides {M(Ar')(micro-OH)}2.