Oxidation of a germanium(ii) dication to access cationic germanium(iv) fluorides. Issue 33 (6th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Suter, Riccardo; Swidan, Ala'aeddeen; Macdonald, Charles L. B.; Burford, Neil
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 54:Issue 33(2018)
• Page Start: 4140
• Page End: 4143
• Publication Date: 2018-04-06
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c8cc01799a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Herein we describe the synthesis and characterization of the tris(1-ethyl-benzoimidazol-2-ylmethyl)amine (BIMEt3 = L) complex of Ge(ii ) 2+ and its oxidation with XeF2 to access the cationic germanium fluorides [LGeF2 ][OTf]2 and [LGeF(OTf)][OTf]2 . Abstract : The synthesis and characterization of the tris(1-ethyl-benzoimidazol-2-ylmethyl)amine (BIMEt3 = L) complex of Ge(ii ) 2+ is described. Oxidation of [LGe] 2+ with Selectfluor gives [LGeF2 ] 2+, in a process that is envisaged to involve a tricationic complex [LGeF] 3+ as an intermediate, which has been isolated by fluoride ion abstraction from [LGeF2 ] 2+ .