Organometallics

Preparation of oligogermanes via the hydrogermolysis reaction

E Subashi, AL Rheingold, CS Weinert

Index: Subashi, Esla; Rheingold, Arnold L.; Weinert, Charles S. Organometallics, 2006 , vol. 25, # 13 p. 3211 - 3219

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Abstract

The reaction between a germanium amide and a germanium hydride proceeds via formation of an intermediate α-germylated nitrile which serves for the formation of germanium- germanium bonds. Stepwise formation of oligomeric germanium chains has been achieved using this method.