INSERTION REACTIONS OF ELECTRON-DEFICIENT SPECIES: INSERTION OF GERMYLENES AND PHENYLPHOSPHINIDENE INTO GERMANIUM-GERMANIUM BONDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86642-5

The reactions of germylenes with pentafluorophenyl- and alkylpentafluorophenyl-digermanes give the trigermanes (X=F, Cl; Y=F, Ph; R=C6F5, Et).Their thermal decomposition involves α-elimination to give halogermanes and germylgermylenes.These last