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

Abstract

The spiro‐dibenzogermocine [O(o‐C6H4S)2]2Ge (1) was prepared in a reaction between O(o‐C6H4SH)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. Heteroatom Chem 20:45–49, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.20510