Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.3, 414-415, 2007
Preparation, structural characterization, and reactivities of (digermanyl)lithium. Its application to the synthesis of bis(1,1-diphenyl-2,2,2-trimethyldigermanyl)platinum(II)
(Pentamethyldigermanyl)lithium (Me3GeGeMe2Li, 1a) and (1, 1-diphenyl-2,2,2-trimethyldigermanyl)lithium (Me3GeGePh2Li, 1b) were prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods. The structure of (digermanyl)lithium 1b was established by X-ray diffraction. The reaction of 1b with CiS-PtCl2(PMe2Ph)(2) gave the expected substitution product, trans-Pt(Me3GePh2Ge)(2)(PMe2Ph)(2).