Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.1, 62-63, 2008
Studies of germanium-platinum bonds in bis(aryl-substituted germyl)platinum complexes by laser flash photolysis and chemical trapping experiments
The UV photolysis of bis(triaryl-substituted germyl)platinum complexes, Pt(Ar3Ge)(2)(PMe2Ph)(2) (Ar = Ph, p-C6H4-SiMe3, and p-C6H4C(CH3)(3)) in THF at room temperature results in Ge-Pt bonds homolysis to give the corresponding germyl radicals.