Abstract: | The B‐(triphenylgermyl)borazines 4 a and 4 b , the 1,2‐bis(dimethylamino)‐1,2‐bis(triphenylgermyl)‐diborane(4), 5 , and the (2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidino)(triphenylgermyl)‐boranes 6 and 7 were prepared by allowing LiGePh3 to react with the corresponding B‐bromoborazines and aminochloroboranes, respectively. BH3 dissolved in thf readily adds to LiGePh3 generating Li(H3BGePh3), 8 a , in thf solution. Addition of N‐bases to the solution of 8 a produced (tmen · thf)Li(H3BGePh3), 8 b , and dimeric (py)2Li(H3BGePh3), 8 c . The borazine ring in 4 b is distorted into a boat shape. In 5 the NBGe planes are twisted against each other by 85°. Comparison with analogous (triphenylstannyl)boranes points to a more pronounced steric effect of the Ph3Ge group over the Ph3Sn group due to the shorter B–Ge bond. A fairly short B–Ge bond is found for the (triphenylgermyl)trihydroborates. The molecular structure of (Et2O)3LiGePh3 shows compressed C–Ge–C bond angles. Its molecular parameters fit well into the series LnLiEPh3 (E = Si, Sn, Pb). |