Chalcogenido complexes, of germanium

Meanwhile, Parkin and his co-workers have also reportedthe synthesis of a series of terminal chalcogenido complexes of germanium 66, 67, and 68 (Scheme 20).42 X-ray structural analyses of 66, 67, and 68 revealed that they have unique germa-chalcogenourea structures stabilized by the intramolecular coordination of nitrogen atoms. The central Ge-X (X = S, Se, Te) bond of 66, 67, and 68 should be represented by a resonance structure, Ge+ - X- —>- Ge=X, because their bond... 

Reaction of germylenes with elemental chalcogens (sulfur, selenium, tellurium) also allowed the synthesis of stable >Ge = E species. This was first exemplified by the isolation of terminal chalcogenido complexes of germanium 170152 and 171-173153 (Scheme 34). Stabilization in these cases is achieved by intramolecular complexation of the metal atom by Lewis bases. 

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