118112-64-4

Basic information

• Product Name: (C₂H₅)Ge(SeC₆H₅)3
• CAS NO: 118112-64-4
• Molecular Weight: 569.849
• Mol File: 118112-64-4.mol

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: (C₂H₅)Ge(SeC₆H₅)3(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: (C₂H₅)Ge(SeC₆H₅)3(118112-64-4)
• EPA Substance Registry System: (C₂H₅)Ge(SeC₆H₅)3(118112-64-4)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 118112-64-4(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 1666-13-3 diphenyl diselenide 
• 10038-98-9 germaniumtetrachloride 
• 22560-16-3 lithium triethylborohydride 

Relevant articles and documents

Synthesis and molecular structure of EtGe(SePh)3: An unusual example of alkylation by LiEt3BH

The reaction of GeCl4 with 4 equiv of Li{SePh}, generated by the reductive cleavage of Ph2Se2 with LiEt3BH in tetrahydrofuran, gave a mixture of Ge(SePh)4 and EtGe(SePh)3. These products were separated by fractional crystallization from a hexane solution and characterized by 1H and 77Se NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The latter compound is the first well-characterized example of ethylation of a metal halide via LiEt3BH. Crystals of Ge(SePh)4 are orthorhombic, Pbca, with a = 17.111 (2) ?, b = 8.513 (1) ?, c = 8.455 (3) ?, and Z = 2. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method to R = 0.023. Crystals of EtGe(SePh)3 are triclinic, P1, with a = 10.631 (1) ?, b = 11.022 (2) ?, c = 10.166 (1) ?, α = 115.048 (9)°, β = 99.908 (8)°, γ = 90.864 (9)°, and Z = 2. The structure was solved by the heavy-atom method and refined to R = 0.025. The geometry about the Ge in both compounds is approximately tetrahedral. The Ge-Se bond distances are in the range 2.344-2.356 ?, and the Ge-C distance in EtGe(SePh)3 is 1.952 ?.