Hexacoordinated spirocyclic germariium(IV) complex: Synthesis and structural characterization

Abstract

The spiro-dibenzogermocine [0(o-C6H4S) 2]2Ge (1) was prepared in a reaction between 0(o-C 6H4SH)2 and Ge(OiPr)4, and its molecular structure was determined by X-ray diffraction studies. In the solid state, 1 shows the existence of two weak O → Ge transannular interactions, resulting in a hexacoordinated germanium atom that displays the geometry of a distorted bicapped tetrahedron. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.