Reactivity of [M(η4-P2C2tBu2)] (M = Ge, Sn), with tert-Butylphosphaethyne P≡CtBu: Synthesis, Structural Characterisation and Computational Studies of the Novel Zwitterionic Organophosphorus Cage Compounds [MP4C4tBu4] (M = Ge, Sn) (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 11/2008)

✍ Scribed by Matthew D. Francis; Peter B. Hitchcock; John F. Nixon; László Nyulászi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 986 KB
• Volume: 2008
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200890026

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The cover picture shows the zwitterionic cage GeP~4~C~4~(__t__Bu)~4~ (bottom right) with separated positive (red) and negative (blue) charges (see the electrostatic potential map, top right). The compound forms in a smooth reaction from the neutral η^4^‐Ge complex and two __t__BuCP phosphaalkynes (bottom left). Details are discussed in the article by M. D. Francis et al. on p. 1761 ff.