Synthesis and properties of a new kinetically stabilized digermyne: new insights for a germanium analogue of an alkyne

Yusuke Sugiyama; Takahiro Sasamori; Yoshinobu Hosoi; Yukio Furukawa; Nozomi Takagi; Shigeru Nagase; Norihiro Tokitoh

doi:10.1021/ja057205y

Synthesis and properties of a new kinetically stabilized digermyne: new insights for a germanium analogue of an alkyne

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jan 25;128(3):1023-31. doi: 10.1021/ja057205y.

Authors

Yusuke Sugiyama¹, Takahiro Sasamori, Yoshinobu Hosoi, Yukio Furukawa, Nozomi Takagi, Shigeru Nagase, Norihiro Tokitoh

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

PMID: 16417395
DOI: 10.1021/ja057205y

Abstract

The reduction of an overcrowded (E)-1,2-dibromodigermene, Bbt(Br)Ge=Ge(Br)Bbt (2) [Bbt = 2,6-bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-4-[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl], with KC8 afforded a stable digermyne, BbtGe[triple bond]GeBbt (1). The Ge[triple bond]Ge triple-bond characters of 1 were revealed by the X-ray crystallographic analysis and spectroscopic studies (UV/vis and Raman spectra) together with theoretical calculations. The Ge[triple bond]Ge bond lengths of the two nonidentical molecules of 1 observed in the unit cell were shorter than that of the previously reported digermyne, Ar'Ge[triple bond]GeAr' (Ar' = 2,6-Dip2C6H3, Dip = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl).