Pure Molecular Inorganic Rings: Mixed Group 14/15 Metallacycles.

ABSTRACT: A systematic study on the reactivity of the homodipnictogen tetrahedrane complexes [{Cp'Mo(CO)₂}₂(μ,η^2:2-E₂)] (E ═ P, As, Sb; Cp' = η⁵-C₅H₄tBu) towards the disilylene [L^PhSi]₂ and digermylene [L^PhGe]₂ (L^Ph = PhC(NtBu)₂) is presented. Depending on the specific combination of tetrel and pnictogen atom, a variety of novel silicon-pnictogen and germanium-pnictogen heterocycles in different bonding situations were obtained. This is a significant development, as these metallacycles are unprecedented and offer new possibilities for further reactivities. These three- to five-membered pure inorganic heterocycles include one Mo, one or two tetrel, and one or

SUBMITTER: Maier S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12828447 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature