Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry Centre for Computational Chemistry The University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602-2556 USA
Abstract
AbstractThe 1 : 2 reaction of the imidazole‐based dithiolate (2) with GeCl2 • dioxane in THF/TMEDA gives 3, a TMEDA‐complexed dithiolene‐based germylene. Compound 3 is converted to monothiolate‐complexed (5) and N‐heterocyclic carbene‐complexed (7) germanium(II) dithiolene complexes via Lewis base ligand exchange. A bis‐dithiolene‐based germylene (8), involving a 3c–4e S‐Ge‐S bond, has also been synthesized through controlled hydrolysis of 7. The bonding nature of 3, 5, and 8 was investigated by both experimental and theoretical methods.
Funder
Division of Chemistry
U.S. Department of Energy
Subject
General Chemistry,Catalysis,Organic Chemistry