| Abstract: | Insertion of Rhodizonic Acid into the Gallium‐Gallium and Indium‐Indium Bonds of Digallane(4) and Diindane(4) Compounds Rhodizonic acid (C6O6H2, 5, 6‐dihydroxy‐5‐cyclohexene‐1, 2, 3, 4‐tetraone) did not react with tetrakisbis(trimethylsilyl)methyl] digallane(4) ( 1 ) and the corresponding diindium compound ( 2 ) by the transfer of protons. Instead the acid was completely inserted into the element‐element bonds of the starting compounds and the gallium or indium atoms were oxidized from the oxidation state of +II to +III. In contrast to the free acid, the OH groups of the products are not attached to neighbouring carbon atoms, but occupy the 1, 4‐positions of the central six‐membered rings. Both dialkylgallium and dialkylindium groups of the products ( 3 (Ga) and 4 (In)) are coordinated by two oxygen atoms. They adopt opposite positions at the C6O6 molecular core. |
