title: Chloridobis[(2-oxoazocan-1-yl)methyl]germanium(IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate.
abstract: In the title compound, [Ge(C(8)H(14)NO)(2)Cl]CF(3)SO(3), which is the first complex containing an eight-membered lactam (enantholactam) as ligand, the coordination polyhedron of the Ge(IV) atom is intermediate between trigonal-bipyramidal and square-pyramidal. Quantum chemical calculations of the crystal structure indicate the absence of additional coordination bonding between the Ge(IV) atom and the trifluoromethanesulfonate anion.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Science, 28 Vavilov Street, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Eugene A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Komissarov
authors.forename: Alexander A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Korlyukov
authors.forename: Eugeniya P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kramarova
authors.forename: Sergey Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Bylikin
authors.forename: Vadim V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Negrebetsky
authors.forename: Yuri I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Baukov