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Application of the donor-acceptor concept to intercept low oxidation state group 14 element hydrides using a Wittig reagent as a lewis base
Swarnakar, Anindya K.,McDonald, Sean M.,Deutsch, Kelsey C.,Choi, Paul,Ferguson, Michael J.,McDonald, Robert,Rivard, Eric
, p. 8662 - 8671 (2014)
This article outlines our attempts to stabilize the Group 14 element dihydrides, GeH2 and SnH2, using commonly employed phosphine and pyridine donors; in each case, elemental Ge and Sn extrusion was noted. However, when these phosphorus and nitrogen donors were replaced with the ylidic Wittig ligand Ph3P=CMe2, stable inorganic methylene complexes (EH2) were obtained, demonstrating the utility of this under-explored ligand class in advancing main group element coordination chemistry.
