Issue 23, 2016

Synthesis and reactivity of a germylene stabilized by a boraguanidinate ligand

Abstract

The germylene [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]Ge (1) was easily accessible by the reaction of the in situ prepared dilithium precursor [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]Li2 with GeCl2·dioxane complex. The bonding situation in 1 has been also described from the theoretical point of view. This germylene is smoothly oxidized by diphenyldichalcogenides PhEEPh, I2 or MeI to produce bis(phenylchalcogenato)germanes [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]Ge(EPh)2 [where E = S (2), Se (3) and Te (4)] and corresponding iodo-derivatives [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]GeI2 (5) and [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]Ge(Me)I (6). The treatment of 1 with bromine resulted in the unexpected formation of a heteroleptic germylene compound [(i-Pr)2NB(NH-2,6-Me2C6H3)(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)]GeBr (7) and a germanium(IV) compound [(i-Pr)2NB(NH-2,6-Me2C6H3)(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)]GeBr3 (8). The reaction of germylene 1 with 2,3-dimethylbutadiene and 2,3-dibenzylbutadiene resulted in spiro-compounds [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]Ge[CH2C(R)[double bond, length as m-dash]C(R)CH2] [where R = Me (10) and benzyl (11)]. Similarly, compound [(i-Pr)2NB(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2]Ge[N(Dip)CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CHN(Dip)] (12) (where Dip = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3) was obtained by the reaction of 1 with corresponding diimine (Dip)N[double bond, length as m-dash]CHCH[double bond, length as m-dash]N(Dip). All compounds were characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and their molecular structures were unambiguously established using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and reactivity of a germylene stabilized by a boraguanidinate ligand

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Jan 2016
Accepted
04 Feb 2016
First published
17 Feb 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 19377-19388

Synthesis and reactivity of a germylene stabilized by a boraguanidinate ligand

J. Böserle, M. Alonso, R. Jambor, A. Růžička and L. Dostál, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 19377 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA01187J

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