Dialkenylgermanes as Precursors of Silsesquioxane-based Macromolecular Structures

Highly selective α-hydrogermylation of alkynes catalyzed by an in situ generated bulky NHC-cobalt complex

A new catalytic system, based on an octacarbonyl dicobalt(0) complex and bulky ligand, providing a route to α-vinylgermanes is described. The proposed method can be effectively used for Markovnikov-selective hydrogermylation of a number of terminal and internal alkynes. It has been proved that analogous catalytic systems containing less sterically demanding ligands cannot serve as selective catalysts in this transformation.

Synthesis of Bifunctional Silsesquioxanes and Spherosilicates with Organogermyl Functionalities

In this paper we present the synthesis of mixed bifunctional compounds of T₈ H₈ silsesquioxane and spherosilicate (HSiMe₂ O)₈ Si₈ O₁₂ derivatives via platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation of alkenylgermanes and olefins. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first literature example of bifunctional compounds with organogermyl functionalities. Eleven mixed systems with a variety of substituents (Si-H, alkyl, germyl, epoxy, and hydroxy) were prepared and fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy. Additionally, our research includes a real-time FT-IR study of the synthesis of these bifunctional compounds of the general formula (R)_8-m (GeR'₃ (CH₂ )_n+2 R)_m Si₈ O₁₂ . and (R''(CH₂ )₂ R)_8-m (GeR'₃ (CH₂ )₂ R)_m Si₈ O₁₂ where m∼4.