Abstract
Zero Ge! Reductions of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) adduct of GeCl2 with magnesium(1) dimers afford a dimeric compound (see picture), which structural and theoretical studies show to contain a singlet digermanium(0) fragment DGe=GeD datively coordinated by two NHC ligands.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9701-9704 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 51 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Dec 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Carbene ligands
- Density functional calculations
- Germanium
- Magnesium
- Metal-metal interactions