End-on nitrogen insertion of a diazo compound into a germanium(II) hydrogen bond and a comparable reaction with diethyl azodicarboxylate.
A happy ending: The germanium(II) hydride [LGeH], where L = [HC{(CMe)(2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3)N)}(2)], reacts with a diazoalkane to form the hydrazone derivative (see picture). The reaction proceeds through the unprecedented end-on nitrogen insertion of the diazo compound.
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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