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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
Something germane about germanium: facile access to Ge10 adamantane
Sebastian Karger1, Elias Drösemeier2, Alexander V Virovets1
1Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany. matthias.wagner@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de.
Abstract:
The all-germanium adamantane (Me3SiGe)4(GeMe2)6 (2) was synthesized from its isomer (Me3GeSi)4(GeMe2)6 (1) via sila-Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement (overall four steps starting from commercial Me2GeCl2, Si2Cl6, and [nBu4N]Cl). The molecular structures of 1 and 2 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction; a plausible mechanistic scenario is postulated based on quantum-chemical calculations.
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