[(OtBu)2C6H3]3Ge+ a free germyl cation with aryl ligands

Christian Schenk; Christian Drost; Andreas Schnepf

doi:10.1039/B818931E

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[(OtBu)₂C₆H₃]₃Ge⁺ a free germyl cation with aryl ligands†‡

Christian Schenk,^a Christian Drost^b and Andreas Schnepf*^a

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Abstract

The reaction of Ar₃GeBr (Ar = 2,6-(OtBu)₂C₆H₃), which is the side product of the synthesis of the metalloid germanium cluster compound Ge₈Ar₆, with the silver salt of the weakly coordinating anion (WCA) [Al(OR_f)₄]⁻ (R_f = C(CF₃)₃) gives the free germyl cation Ar₃Ge⁺. Quantum chemical calculations open an insight into the bonding situation of this first free cation exhibiting aryl ligands and a first reaction leading to Ar₃GeOH is presented.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B818931E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 27 Oct 2008
Accepted: 27 Nov 2008
First published: 15 Dec 2008

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Dalton Trans., 2009, 773-776

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[(OtBu)₂C₆H₃]₃Ge⁺ a free germyl cation with aryl ligands

C. Schenk, C. Drost and A. Schnepf, Dalton Trans., 2009, 773 DOI: 10.1039/B818931E

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