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Ludwig Ross

Über polygermane

Abstract The crystal structure of octaphenylcyclotetragermane, (Ph 2 Ge) 4 , has been determined and refined to an R value of 0.046. The symmetry of the molecule approximater D 2d . the Ge 4 ring is nearly planar and square (angle of pucker 3.9°, GeGe 246.5(5) pm). The 8 phenyl groups (GeC 196.2(10) pm) are arranged in two distinct sets (“parallel” touching and perpendicular to the Ge 4 ring) which exchange their positions in solution. The packing of the (Ph 2 Ge) 4 molecules in the crystal resembles a cubic body centred sphere packing. The homocyclic series (Ph 2 Ge) n with n  4, 5, 6 shows 13 C NMR signals in CDCl 3 solution monotonic dependent on the endocyclic GeGeGe angles.

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Über polygermane

Abstract A complete series of 5-membered heterocycles (Ph 2 Ge) 4 X with X = O, S, Se and Te has been prepared and investigated by mass spectra, 13 C NMR spectra and vibrational spectra. The 13 C signals of the phenyl groups in the compounds (Ph 2 Ge) 4 X were compared with the related values in the homocycle (Ph 2 Ge) 5 . Frequency values for the symmetrical and asymmetrical stretching vibrations of the units GeGeGe and GeXGe are given. The crystal structure of the compound (Ph 2 Ge) 4 S has been determined and refined to a R of 0.051. The 5-membered ring Ge 4 S exhibits envelope conformation.

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