Issue 11, 2011
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Chemical Communications

A blue digermene (t-Bu2MeSi)2Ge[double bond, length as m-dash]Ge(SiMet-Bu2)2†

Vladimir Ya. Lee,*a   Kiera McNeice,a   Yuki Itoa  and  Akira Sekiguchi*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduated School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
E-mail: leevya@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp, sekiguch@chem.tsukuba.ac.jp
Fax: +81-29-853-4314

Abstract

A novel tetrakis(trialkylsilyl)digermene, featuring rather unusual structural and chemical properties, was synthesized by a straightforward synthetic protocol: reduction of the corresponding dichlorobis(trialkylsilyl)germane precursor with potassium graphite.

Graphical abstract: A blue digermene (t-Bu2MeSi)2Ge [[double bond, length as m-dash]] Ge(SiMet-Bu2)2

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC05415A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Dec 2010
Accepted
22 Dec 2010
First published
01 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 3272-3274

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A blue digermene (t-Bu2MeSi)2Ge[double bond, length as m-dash]Ge(SiMet-Bu2)2

V. Ya. Lee, K. McNeice, Y. Ito and A. Sekiguchi, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 3272 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05415A

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