title: Synthesis and characterization of rhodium complexes with phosphine-stabilized germylenes.
abstract: The reaction of phosphine-stabilized germylenes (1a,b) with dimer complex [Rh(2)(μ-Cl)(2)(COD)(2)] leads to the corresponding phosphine-germylene-Rh(I) complexes (2a,b). Interestingly, the stability of these complexes depends strongly on the nature of the substituent of the germylene fragment. Indeed, the complex (2a) with the chloro-germylene ligand isomerizes into a metallacycle rhodium complex (3a) via germylene insertion into the Rh-Cl bond, while the complex with the phenyl-substituted germylene (2b) was isolated and represents the first stable Rh(I)-germylene complex with a Rh-Cl bond.
authors: Laboratorio de Fisico-Química Orgánica, IVIC, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela.
authors: Juan M
authors: JM
authors: García
authors: Edgar
authors: E
authors: Ocando-Mavárez
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Kato
authors: David Santiago
authors: DS
authors: Coll
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Briceño
authors: Nathalie
authors: N
authors: Saffon-Merceron
authors: Antoine
authors: A
authors: Baceiredo