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Mahendra Kumar Sharma1, Soumen Sinhababu1, Dhirendra Yadav1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110 016, India.
Abstract:
Pseudohalogenogermylenes [(iBu)2 ATI]GeY (Y=NCO 4, NCS 5) show different coordination behavior towards group 6 metal carbonyls in comparison to the corresponding halogenogermylenes [(iBu)2 ATI]GeX (X=F 1, Cl 2, Br 3) (ATI=aminotroponiminate). The reactions of compounds 4-5 and 1-3 with cis-[M(CO)4 (COD)] (M=Mo, W, COD=cyclooctadiene) gave trans-germylene metal complexes {[(iBu)2 ATI]GeY}2 M(CO)4 (Y=NCO, M=Mo 6, W 11; Y=NCS, M=Mo 7) and cis-germylene metal complexes {[(iBu)2 ATI]GeX}2 M(CO)4 (M=Mo, X=F 8, Cl 9, Br 10; M=W, X=Cl 12), respectively. Theoretical studies on compounds 7 and 9 reveal that donor-acceptor interactions from Mo to Ge atoms are better stabilized in the observed trans and cis geometries than in the hypothetical cis and trans structures, respectively.
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