Germanium dichloride dioxane

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Germanium dichloride dioxane
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
EC Number
  • 608-226-7
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/C4H8O2.Cl2Ge/c1-2-6-4-3-5-1;1-3-2/h1-4H2;
    Key: NYMJLNHIEKAQSD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C1COCCO1.Cl[Ge]Cl
Properties
C4H8Cl2GeO2
Molar mass 231.64 g·mol−1
Appearancewhite solid
Density 1.942 g/cm3
Hazards
GHS labelling: [1]
GHS-pictogram-acid.svg GHS-pictogram-exclam.svg GHS-pictogram-silhouette.svg
Warning
H314, H332, H351
P203[ ? ], P260, P261, P264, P271, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354[ ? ], P304+P340, P305+P354+P338[ ? ], P316, P317[ ? ], P318[ ? ], P321, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Germanium dichloride dioxane is a chemical compound with the formula GeCl2(C4H8O2), where C4H8O2 is 1,4-dioxane. It is a white solid. The compound is notable as a source of Ge(II), which contrasts with the pervasiveness of Ge(IV) compounds. This dioxane complex represents a well-behaved form of germanium dichloride.

Contents

Synthesis and structure

It is prepared by reduction of a dioxane solution of germanium tetrachloride with tributyltin hydride: [2]

GeCl4 + 2 Bu3SnH + C4H8O2 → GeCl2(O2C4H8) + 2 Bu3SnCl + H2

Hydrosilanes have also been used as reductants. [3]

The complex has a polymeric structure. Germanium adopts an SF4-like shape with cis Cl ligands (Cl-Ge-Cl angle = 94.4°) and axial positions occupied by oxygen provided by a bridging dioxane. The Ge-O and Ge-Cl distances are 2.40 and 2.277 A, respectively. [4]

Reactions

The complex is used in the preparation of organogermanium compounds. [5] [6] In organic synthesis, the complex is used as a Lewis acid with reducing properties. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Germanium(II) chloride dioxane complex (1:1)". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  2. ↑ Fjeldberg, Torgny; Haaland, Arne; Schilling, Birgitte E. R.; Lappert, Michael F.; Thorne, Andrew J. (1986). "Subvalent Group 4B Metal Alkyls and Amides. Part 8. Germanium and Tin Carbene Analogues MR2[M = Ge or Sn, R = CH(SiMe3)2]: Syntheses and Structures in the Gas Phase (Electron Diffraction); Molecular-Orbital Calculations for MH2 and GeMe2". Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (8): 1551. doi:10.1039/DT9860001551.
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