Flash Communication: N-Heterocyclic Silylene-Stabilized Digermanium Radical Cation
Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of an N-heterocyclic silylene-stabilized digermanium radical cation (3) via the single-electron oxidation of a digermanium(0) compound (2). Characterization data and DFT calculations show that compound 3 possesses a Ge═Ge double bond, and the unpaired electron is primarily localized at the p-orbitals of the two Ge centers.
Authors
- Shaozhi Du
- Zhenbo Mo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4536-9667)
- Z. Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8416-4231)
- Fanshu Cao
- Kaiyip Chan
Institutions
- Nankai University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Organometallics
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00325
- Primary Topic
- Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00