Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.1, 108-109, 2002
Preparation and characterization of tris(trimethylsilyl)germylzinc chloride and bis[tris(trimethylsilyl)germyl]zinc
The molecular structure of (Me3Si)(3)GeZnCl (1) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The germylzinc chloride 1 has a dimeric structure consisting of two mu-Cl atoms. The compound 1 reacted with (Me3Si)(3)GeLi in diethyl ether to give [(Me3Si)(3)Ge](2)Zn (2), quantitatively. The structure of bis(germyl)zinc 2 has been also elucidated by X-ray diffraction.