Direct synthesis of organotrichlorogermanes by the reaction of elemental germanium, hydrogen chloride, and alkene

M Okamoto, T Chikamori, T Asano, E Suzuki

Index: Okamoto, Masaki; Chikamori, Takehiko; Asano, Takuya; Suzuki, Eiichi Organometallics, 2004 , vol. 23, # 3 p. 595 - 599

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Abstract

We have found a new direct synthesis of alkyltrichlorogermane by the reaction of elemental germanium, hydrogen chloride, and alkene using copper (I) chloride catalyst, in which the reaction intermediate is dichlorogermylene formed by the reaction of metallic germanium with tetrachlorogermane or hydrogen chloride. Use of allyl chloride instead of alkene resulted in almost sole formation of allyltrichlorogermane, which is highly plausibly caused ...