Germylene-sulfoxide as a potential hemilabile ligand: application in coordination chemistry

Dalton Trans. 2018 Nov 13;47(44):15751-15756. doi: 10.1039/c8dt03669a.

Abstract

We describe here the synthesis of heteroleptic organogermylenes containing a sulfoxide donor function for their application in coordination chemistry. While complexation reaction with [W(cod)(CO)4] and [Mo(nbd)(CO)4] afforded bis(germanium)(ii) transition-metal complexes, a bidentate complex coordinated by germanium(ii) and the oxygen atom of the sulfinyl group was obtained from [Ru(PPh3)3Cl2].