Etude de la reaction de germyllithiums sur la di-t-butyl-3,5 orthoquinone: mise en evidence d'un mecanisme par transfert monoelectronique

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)85239-U

Reactions between organogermyllithiums R3GeLi and 3,5-di-t-butylorthoquinone mainly give digermanes but also O-germylcatechol and germadioxolanes.It appears that these reactions start after an initial single electron transfer (SET) which is supported by a