Issue 10, 2015

Reaction of a diaryldigermyne with ethylene

Abstract

Reaction of the stable digermyne BbtGe[triple bond, length as m-dash]GeBbt (Bbt = 2,6-[CH(SiMe3)2]2-4-[C(SiMe3)3]-C6H2) with ethylene initially afforded the corresponding 1,2-digermacyclobutene. Depending on the reaction conditions applied, further reaction of this 1,2-digermacyclobutene with ethylene furnished two different reaction products: a 1,4-digermabicyclo[2.2.0]hexane or a bis(germiranyl)ethane. Combined experimental and theoretical results suggested that the 1,4-digermabicyclo[2.2.0]hexane and the bis(germiranyl)ethane are the thermodynamic and kinetic reaction products, respectively. A reaction mechanism in agreement with these results was proposed.

Graphical abstract: Reaction of a diaryldigermyne with ethylene

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
08 Apr 2015
Accepted
24 Jun 2015
First published
24 Jun 2015
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 5526-5530

Reaction of a diaryldigermyne with ethylene

T. Sasamori, T. Sugahara, T. Agou, K. Sugamata, J. Guo, S. Nagase and N. Tokitoh, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 5526 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC01266J

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