title: Synthesis of a germanium analogue of a dithiocarboxylic acid anhydride from the Ge(i) pyridyl-1-azaallyl dimer.
abstract: The reaction of pyridyl-1-azaallyl germanium(ii) chloride RGeCl () [R = {N(SiMe(3))C(Ph)C(SiMe(3))(C(5)H(4)N-2)}] with lithium metal afforded the dimeric germanium(i) compound [(RGe)(2)] (); compound reacts with an excess of elemental sulfur to afford the novel germanium analogue of a dithiocarboxylic acid anhydride [{Ge(S)R}(2)S] () via the insertion of elemental sulfur into the Ge(i)-Ge(i) bond followed by the oxidative-addition of elemental sulfur to the germanium(ii) centres.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Wing-Por
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Wang-Kin
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Kim-Hung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Thomas C W
authors.initials: TCW
authors.lastname: Mak