A stable cyclic dialkylgermylene (1) was synthesized by reductive dechlorination of the corresponding dichlorogermane (6) with sodium. Germylene 1 is monomeric both in solution and in the solid state, as observed by UV-vis spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.
Neurotropic activity of several classes of organogermanium compounds (namely germatranes, germanols, germsesquioxanes, germyladamantanes, germylamides, germylimides and germylsubstituted amines, imines and hydroxamic acids) and their synthesis are reviewed.
The literature data and the results of our own investigations on the comparative study of the biological activity of isostructural organogermanium and organosilicon compounds have been summarized. It has been shown that the series of organogermanium and organosilicon compounds is more active than the carbon analogues, the majority of organogermanium compounds are less toxic than the sila analogues, the biological activity of the compounds under study appears to be similar but can dramatically differ in the degree of activity, and, moreover, in some particular cases sila and germa analogues exhibit the opposite biological effects.
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