title: Synthesis of syn-2,4-dimercapto-1,3,2,4-dithiadigermetane and its application to Ge2PdS4 cluster synthesis.
abstract: The sulfurization of DmpGeH(3) (Dmp=2,6-dimesitylphenyl) afforded the trinuclear germanium sulfide [DmpGe(mu-S)](2)(mu-S)(2)Ge(SH)-Dmp and a series of polythiadigermabicyclo[x.1.1]alkanes (x=3, 4, 5). The reduction of the S--S bonds of these germabicycloalkanes by NaBH(4) at 0 degrees C afforded the dinuclear mercaptogermane syn-[DmpGe(SH)(mu-S)(2)Ge(SH)-Dmp] (5) in good yield. The reaction of [Pd(dppe)Cl(2)] (dppe=1,2-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethane) and the dilithium salt of 5 prepared in situ by the addition of nBuLi (2 equiv) gave the Ge(2)PdS(4) cluster [DmpGe(mu-S)](2)[(mu-S)(2)Pd(dppe)], in which the dithiadigermetanedithiolate is bound to the Pd atom at the two thiolato sulfur atoms. The same reaction with [Pd(PPh(3))(2)Cl(2)] gave another Ge(2)PdS(4) cluster, [DmpGe(mu-S)](2)[(mu-S)(2)Pd(PPh(3))], but with the dithiadigermetanedithiolate and the Pd center conjoined through a mu-S atom between the two germanium atoms in addition to the two thiolato sulfur atoms to form a highly distorted cluster core. The formation of two different types of Ge(2)PdS(4) clusters represents the usefulness of 5 in the synthesis of various polynuclear complexes composed of germanium and transition metals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan, Fax: (+81) 52-789-2943.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan, Fax: (+81) 52-789-2943.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan, Fax: (+81) 52-789-2943.
authors.forename: Mikinao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan, Fax: (+81) 52-789-2943.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
mesh_terms: D005857:Germanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D011336:Probability; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005857:Germanium; D010165:Palladium; D013455:Sulfur