Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Study of Photochemical Reactions of Decamethylcyclopentagermane.

K Mochida, S Tokura

Index: Mochida, Kunio; Tokura, Satoshi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1992 , vol. 65, # 6 p. 1642 - 1647

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Abstract

The photolysis of decamethylcyclopentagermane (1) in cyclohexane at room temperature proceeds readily along with the generation of dimethylgermylene to give octamethylcyclotetragermane. Photochemically generated dimethylgermylene reacts with 2, 3-dimethylbuta-1, 3-diene or carbon tetrachloride to give 1, 1, 3, 4-tetramethyl-1-germa-3- cyclopentene or chlorodimethyl (trichloromethyl) germane, respectively. The transient ...