• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Addition of Isocyanides to Tetramesityldigermene: A Comparison of the Reactivity between Surface and Molecular Digermenes
  • Contributor: Tashkandi, Nada Y.; Cook, Emily E.; Bourque, Jeremy L.; Baines, Kim M.
  • Published: Wiley, 2016
  • Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, 22 (2016) 39, Seite 14006-14012
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602222
  • ISSN: 0947-6539; 1521-3765
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  • Description: AbstractThe reaction of benzyl isocyanide, tert‐butyl isocyanide, and 2,6‐dimethylphenyl isocyanide with tetramesityldigermene (Mes2Ge=GeMes2) was examined. Whereas the addition of benzyl isocyanide gave the C−NC activation product, Mes2Ge(CH2Ph)Ge(CN)Mes2, tert‐butyl isocyanide, and 2,6‐dimethylphenyl isocyanide did not give stable adducts, rather the rate of conversion of the digermene to the corresponding cyclotrigermane was accelerated. A comparison between the reactivity of the isocyanides with Mes2Ge=GeMes2 and the Ge(100)‐2×1 surface was made and some insights into the surface chemistry are offered.