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residue was recrystallized from pentane at ꢀ408C to give 2 (34.7 mg,
58%) as yellow crystals. m.p. 274 2768C (decomp); 1H NMR
(300 MHz, C6D6): d ¼ 0.12 (s, 18H), 0.19 (s, 36H), 1.49 (s, 1H), 2.45
(brs, 1H), 2.52 (brs, 1H), 3.95 (d, 3J(H,H) ¼ 10.5 Hz, 2H), 4.73 (t,
3J(H,H) ¼ 6.3 Hz, 1H), 4.98 (dd, 3J(H,H) ¼ 6.3, 10.5 Hz, 2H), 6.63
(brs, 1H), 6.73 ppm (brs, 1H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, C6D6): d ¼ 0.61
(q), 0.78 (q), 0.91 (q), 31.50 (d), 34.37 (d), 34.79 (d), 83.00 (d), 85.87
(d), 100.91 (d), 122.44 (d), 123.55 (s), 127.26 (d), 148.32 (s), 151.92 (s î
[15] Single crystals of 2 suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis
were grown by recrystallization from benzene. Crystal data for
2¥0.5C6H6 (C38H67CrGeO3Si6): M ¼ 865.05, T¼ 103(2) K, mono-
clinic, space group P21/n (no. 14), a ¼ 12.613(6), b ¼ 32.756(13),
c ¼ 12.661(5) ä, b ¼ 115.767(6)8, V¼ 4711(3) ä3, Z ¼ 4, 1calcd
¼
1.220 gcmꢀ3
,
m ¼ 1.053 mmꢀ1
,
l ¼ 0.71070 ä, 2qmax ¼ 50.08,
28628 measured reflections, 8231 independent reflections,
460 refined parameters, GOF ¼ 1.246, R1 ¼ 0.0700 and wR2 ¼
0.1808 (I > 2s(I)), R1 ¼ 0.0820 and wR2 ¼ 0.1871 (for all data),
largest difference peak and hole 0.497 and ꢀ0.491 eä3. The
intensity data were collected on a Rigaku/MSC Mercury CCD
diffractometer. The structure was solved by direct methods
(SHELXS-97) and refined by full-matrix least-squares proce-
dures on F2 for all reflections (SHELXL-97). All hydrogen
atoms were placed using AFIX instructions. CCDC-192689
contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper.
ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html (or from the Cambridge Crystallo-
graphic Data Centre, 12, Union Road, Cambridge CB21EZ,
UK; fax: (þ 44)1223-336-033; or deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk).
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[17] G. Renner, P. Kircher, G. Huttner, P. Rutsch, K. Heinze, Eur. J.
Inorg. Chem. 2000, 879.
2), 235.05 ppm (s); IR (KBr): n˜ ¼ 1867, 1887, 1954 cmꢀ1 (C O); UV/
¼
Vis (n-hexane): lmax (e) ¼ 225 (49000), 279 (17000), 340 nm (8000);
LRMS (FAB): m/z (%) ¼ 826 (8) [Mþ], 691 (75) [{C5H5Ge(Tbt)}þ],
521 (100) [{(Tbt)ꢀ2CH3}þ]. Although we have tried to obtain the
elemental analysis of 2 on several occasions, the results have not been
commensurate with the calculated values for 2 because of its highly
moisture-sensitive properties (elemental analysis calcd for
C35H64CrGeO3Si6: C 50.89, H 7.81; found: C 49.16, H 7.87).
3: In
a glove-box filled with argon, [Mo(CH3CN)3(CO)3]
(16.3 mg, 0.054 mmol) was added to a solution of 1 (40.1 mg,
0.058 mmol) in THF (1 mL) at room temperature, and the mixture
was stirred for 5 h. After the solvent was removed in vacuo, the
residue was recrystallized from hexane at ꢀ408C to give 3 (31.4 mg,
67%) as yellow crystals. M.p. 248 2508C (decomp); 1H NMR
(300 MHz, C6D6): d ¼ 0.11 (s, 18H), 0.18 (s, 36H), 1.47 (s, 1H), 2.39
(brs, 1H), 2.49 (brs, 1H), 4.05 (d, 3J(H,H) ¼ 9.9 Hz, 2H), 4.73 (t,
3J(H,H) ¼ 6.6 Hz, 1H), 5.17 (dd, 3J(H,H) ¼ 6.6, 9.9 Hz, 2H), 6.61 (brs,
1H), 6.70 ppm (brs, 1H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, C6D6): d ¼ 0.57 (q), 0.77
(q), 0.88 (q), 31.43 (d), 34.66 (d), 34.99 (d), 81.64 (d), 83.77 (d), 103.11
(d), 122.40 (d), 123.72 (s), 127.23 (d), 148.28 (s), 151.66 (s î 2),
[18] Geometry optimization for 4 and 5 was carried out using the
Gaussian 98 program with density functional theory at the
B3LYP level with 6-311G(d,p) basis set for Ge, C, O, and
H atoms and the LANL2DZ for Cr atom.
222.19 ppm (s); IR (KBr): n˜ ¼ 1865, 1883, 1952 cmꢀ1 (C O); UV/Vis
¼
(n-hexane): lmax (e) ¼ 228 (41000), 287 (10000), 344 nm (13000);
elemental analysis calcd for C35H64GeMoO3Si6: C 48.32, H 7.42;
found: C 47.91, H 7.48.
Received: September 4, 2002 [Z50103]
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