107824-86-2

Upstream product

• 10544-50-0 sulfur 
• 107824-84-0 hexamesitylcyclotrigermane 

Downstream Products

• 83686-73-1 1,1-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,4-dimethylgermacyclopent-3-ene 
• 114552-14-6 2,2,4,4-tetramesityl-1,3,2,4-dithiadigermetane 
• 115385-05-2 1,3-oxathia-(Ge(mesityl)2)2 
• 122270-75-1 (C₆H₂(CH₃)3)2Ge(C₆H₂(CH₃)3)2GeSCHCH 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Photolysis of cyclotrigermane. Synthesis and chemistry of digermiranes and digermetanes containing sulfur and selenium

Photolysis of hexamesitylcyclotrigermane (1) produces tetramesityldigermene (4) and dimesitylgermylene (5) which react with elemental sulfur to give 2,2,3,3-tetramesitylthiadigermirane (2) and 2,2,4,4-tetramesityl-1,3,2,4-dithiadigermetane (3). Selenium also reacts with digermene 4 to afford 2,2,3,3-tetramesitylselenadigermirane (7). Photolysis of 2 with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene produces only products from dimesitylgermylene (5) and dimesitylgermanethione (6). The reactions of 2 with pyridine N-oxide, sulfur, and selenium yield digermetanes containing O, S, and Se.