Four N,N'-disubstituted 1,2-diaminobenzes (1a: R = t-Bu, 1b: R = adamantyl, 1c: R = Ph, 1d: R = Dipp) have been prepared and reacted with E[N(SiMe3)2]2 (E = Ge, Sn) to give the benzannulated N-heterocyclic germylenes 2a-d and stannylenes 3a-d. Germylene 2d and stannylenes 3a, 3c and 3d have been characterized by X-ray diffraction showing different types of intermolecular interactions in the sol...

The coordination behavior of disilylated stannylenes toward zerovalent group 10 transition metal complexes was studied. This was accomplished by reactions of PEt3 adducts of disilylated stannylenes with zerovalent group 10 transition metal complexes. The thus obtained products differed between the first row example nickel and its heavier congeners. While with nickel stannylene complex formation...

Substitution effects are probed for novel N-heterocyclic stannylenes (NHSns), including 1,4-di(R)-tetrazole-5-stannylenes (1R), and 1,3-di(R)-tetrazole-5-stannylenes (2R), using B3LYP/6-311++G** level of theory. Nucleophilicity, multiplicity, and stability of 1R and 2R are calculated; with R = H, methyl, ethyl, i-propyl, t-butyl, Ph, OH, methoxy, NO2, CN and CF3. Asymmetric 2H appears more nucl...

Z. Naturforsch. 50 b, 1811-1817(1995); received March 17, 1995 Sulfur Diimides, Bis(amino)stannylenes, Redox Reactions, Spiro-Tin Compounds, X-Ray N,N'-Dialkyl sulfur diimides (1), R(NSN)R [R = Me (a), Et (b), "Pr (c), "Bu (d)] react with cyclic bis(amino)stannylenes such as l,3-di-ter/-butyl-4,4-dimethyl-1,3,4,2A2-diazasilastannetedine (2) or l,3-di-terr-butyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-l,3,4,5,2A2-d...

Commercially available N-oxide (2-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide) is used as a ligand instead of an oxidizing agent to stabilize the compounds of main group elements in low-valent states. The isolated compounds [(C5H4NOS)2Sn (), (C5H4NOS)SnCl () and (C5H4NOS)GeCl ()] are the first structurally characterized examples of O,S-heterocyclic stannylenes and germylenes with interesting bonding features. Fur...

The N,N'-dimesitylene substituted o-phenylenediamine 1 reacts with Sn[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) under formation of the monomeric N-heterocyclic stannylene 2, while the chiral N,N'-substituted o-phenylenediamine 3 reacts with E[N(SiMe(3))(2)](2) (E = Ge, Sn) under formation of the chiral germylene 4 and the chiral stannylene 5, respectively. X-Ray diffraction studies with both stannylenes demonstrated t...

Reactions of Et3P adducts of bissilylated germylenes and stannylenes with gold, silver, and copper cyanides led to cyanogermyl or -stannyl complexes of the respective metals. In the course of the reaction the phosphine moved to the metal, while the cyanide migrated to the low-coordinate group 14 element. The respective gold complexes were found to be monomeric, whereas the silver and copper com...

A new series of tin(II) complexes (1, 2, 4, and 5) were successfully synthesized by employing hydroxy functionalized pyridine ligands, specifically 2-hydroxypyridine (hpH), 8-hydroxyquinoline (hqH), 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline (hbqH) as stabilizing ligands. Complexes [Sn(μ-κ2ON-OC5H4N)(N{SiMe3}2)]2 (1) [Sn4(μ-κ2ON-OC5H4N)6(κ1O-OC5H4N)2] (2) are the first structurally characterized examples oxyp...

The preparation of triethylphosphine adducts of cyclic disilylated or digermylated germylenes was achieved by reaction of 1,4-dipotassio-1,1,4,4-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)tetramethyltetrasilane with GeBr2·(dioxane) and PEt3. Phosphine abstraction with B(C6F5)3 allowed formation of the base-free germylenes, which undergo 1,2-trimethylsilyl shifts to the germylene atom to form the respective silage...