Expanding the coordination chemistry of donor-stabilized group-14 metalenes

Abstract

The transformation of an amidinate germylene, equipped with just one accessible lone pair of electrons on the Ge atom, into a bidentate 4-electron donor κ(2)Ge,N-ligand, has been achieved for the first time, opening new doors to the non-carbene-like coordination chemistry of heavier carbene analogues. [Available from: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233537999_Expanding_the_coordination_chemistry_of_donor-stabilized_group-14_metalenes [accessed Jul 13, 2015].