Photochemical reactions of digermanyl-substituted naphthalenes: The germyl migration to the aromatic ring

K Mochida, H Ginyama, M Takahashi, M Kira

Index: Mochida, Kunio; Ginyama, Hiroyuki; Takahashi, Masae; Kira, Mitsuo Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 553, # 1-2 p. 163 - 171

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Abstract

Photochemical reactions of digermanyl-substituted naphthalenes have been investigated by chemical studies using trapping agents, laser flash photolysis, and ab initio MO calculations. Irradiation of 1-(pentamethyldigermanyl) naphthalene (1) afforded mainly an isomer, 1- (dimethylgermyl)-8-(trimethylgermyl) naphthalene (4), via photochemical formation of a pair of trimethylgermyl radical and 1-naphthyldimethylgermyl radical, and then recombination ...