Tetrakis(tri-tert-butylsilyl)-tetrahedro-tetragermane (tBu3Si)4Ge4 - The first molecular germanium compound with a Ge4 tetrahedron

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1333-1334

  Wiberg, Nils ^a   Hochmuth, Walter ^a   Nöth, Heinrich ^a   Appel, Andrea ^a   Schmidt Amelunxen, Martin ^a  

^a Institut fur Anorganische Chemie der Universitat   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germanium compounds; Tetrahedranes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029791249     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199613331     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. S. Nagase, Angew. Chem. 1989, 101, 340; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1989, 28, 329; Polyhedron 1991, 10, 1299.
2. S. Nagase, Angew. Chem. 1989, 101, 340; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1989, 28, 329; Polyhedron 1991, 10, 1299.
3. S. Nagase, Angew. Chem. 1989, 101, 340; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1989, 28, 329; Polyhedron 1991, 10, 1299.
4. 4 rings. Of course, sterically demanding substituents contribute to the stabilization of the tetrahedrane structure.