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Über polygermane

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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.