Synthetic Organometallic Lab

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Homogeneous Catalysis

Air- and Water-Stable Main Group Chemistry

Bioorganometallic Chemistry

Taming Reactive Main Group Compounds

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Aza-Dipyrrinate Stabilized Compounds with a Low-Valent Main Group Element

The possibility of using aza-dipyrromethene (a-DPM) ligands to stabilize compounds containing low-valent main group elements is demonstrated through the isolation of germylenes, a-DPM(p-tol)GeCl (2), a-DPM(Naph)GeCl (6), and a-DPM(Naph)GeN(TMS)2 (7) (tol=tolyl, Naph=naphthyl). Because of the presence of the a-DPM ligand, these germylenes exhibit an absorption maximum at around 640 nm, a highly red-shifted value previously unknown for germylenes.