Formation and structures of germanium(II) Aryloxo/oxo clusters

Rebecca A Green; Curtis Moore; Arnold L Rheingold; Charles S Weinert

doi:10.1021/ic900915q

Formation and structures of germanium(II) Aryloxo/oxo clusters

Inorg Chem. 2009 Aug 17;48(16):7510-2. doi: 10.1021/ic900915q.

Authors

Rebecca A Green¹, Curtis Moore, Arnold L Rheingold, Charles S Weinert

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.

PMID: 19618911
DOI: 10.1021/ic900915q

Abstract

The reaction of Ge[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) with a phenol lacking a substituent in one ortho position results in the formation of polynuclear clusters having terminal aryloxide ligands and bridging O atoms. Structures of this type have not been observed for germanium(II) aryloxides before, and the source of the bridging O atoms in these clusters was determined to be the phenol reactant.