Synthese und Strukturen von Bis(amino)germa- und -stanna-Chalkogeniden

Synthesis and Structures of Bis(amino)germa and -stanna Chalcogenides The cyclic bis(amino)germylene 1 and the -stannylene 2 react with elemental S, Se and Te to yield oxydation products of the general formula Me₂Si(NtBu)₂MEl₂M(NtBu)₂SiMe₂ (M = Ge, El = S ( 4 ), El = Se ( 5 ), El = Te ( 6 ); M = Sn, El = Se ( 9 ), El = Te ( 10 )). As may be deduced from X-ray structures ( 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 ) all compounds show similar central skeletons: the three spirocyclicly connected four-membered rings SiN₂M (2x) and MEl₂M are oriented in an orthogonal way to oneanother. The germanium and the tin atoms thus are in a distorted tetrahedral coordination while the chalcogen atoms only have two neighbours in acute angles. If 1 is allowed to react with trimethylamine-N-oxide, the oxygen is transferred to germanium and Me₂Si(NtBu)₂GeO]₃ ( 3 ) is formed. Contrarily to the other compounds 3 can be described as a trimer. There is a central almost planar Ge₃O₃ six-membered ring, the germanium atoms serving as spiro-cyclic centres to three GeN₂Si four-membered rings (X-ray structure of 3 ). In the central four-membered rings of 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 no transanular bonding between the chalcogen atoms have to be considered although these atoms have small distances to oneanother. The mean M-El distances have been found to be: Ge? O 1.762(5), Ge? S 2.226(3), Ge? Se 2.363(3), Ge? Te 2.592(5), Sn? Se 2.536(3), Sn? Te 2.741(3) Å.