TY - JOUR
T1 - A digermyne with a Ge-Ge single bond that activates dihydrogen in the solid state
AU - Li, Jiaye
AU - Schenk, Christian
AU - Goedecke, Catharina
AU - Frenking, Gernot
AU - Jones, Cameron
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The reduction of the bulky amido-germanium-(II) chloride complex, LGeCl (L = N(SiMe(3))(Ar*); Ar* = C(6)H(2)Me C(H)Ph(2) (2)-4,2,6), with the magnesium(I) dimer, [ ((Mes)Nacnac)Mg (2)] ((Mes)Nacnac = [(MesNCMe)(2)CH](-); Mes = mesityl), afforded LGeGeL, which represents the first example of a digermyne with a Ge-Ge single bond. Computational studies of the compound have highlighted significant electronic differences between it and multiply bonded digermynes. LGeGeL was shown to cleanly activate H(2) in solution or the solid state, at temperatures as low as 10 degrees C, to give the mixed valence compound, LGeGe(H)(2)L.
AB - The reduction of the bulky amido-germanium-(II) chloride complex, LGeCl (L = N(SiMe(3))(Ar*); Ar* = C(6)H(2)Me C(H)Ph(2) (2)-4,2,6), with the magnesium(I) dimer, [ ((Mes)Nacnac)Mg (2)] ((Mes)Nacnac = [(MesNCMe)(2)CH](-); Mes = mesityl), afforded LGeGeL, which represents the first example of a digermyne with a Ge-Ge single bond. Computational studies of the compound have highlighted significant electronic differences between it and multiply bonded digermynes. LGeGeL was shown to cleanly activate H(2) in solution or the solid state, at temperatures as low as 10 degrees C, to give the mixed valence compound, LGeGe(H)(2)L.
UR - http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja209215a
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/83055165987
U2 - 10.1021/ja209215a
DO - 10.1021/ja209215a
M3 - Article
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 133
SP - 18622
EP - 18625
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 46
ER -