title: Homoleptic low-valent polyazides of group 14 elements.
abstract: First examples of coordinatively unsaturated, homoleptic azido complexes of low-valent group 14 elements are reported. A simple strategy uses low-valent precursors, ionic azide transfer reagents and bulky cations to obtain salt-like compounds containing E(N3)3(-) of Ge(II)/Sn(II) which are fully characterised, including XRD. Remarkably, these compounds are kinetically stable at r.t. and isolable in sub-gram quantities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK. p.portius@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Benjamin
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authors.lastname: Peerless
authors.forename: Theo
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authors.lastname: Keane
authors.forename: Anthony J H M
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authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: Peter
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authors.lastname: Portius