@article {46716,
	title = {Amidinato germylene-zinc complexes: synthesis, bonding, and reactivity},
	journal = {Chemistry-An Asian Journal},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2020},
	month = {OCT },
	pages = {3116-3121},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Despite the explosive growth of germylene compounds as ligands in transition metal complexes, there is a modicum of precedence for the germylene zinc complexes. In this work, the synthesis and characterization of new germylene zinc complexes [PhC(NtBu)(2)Ge{N(SiMe3)(2)}-\&gt; ZnX2](2)(X= Br (2) and I (3)) supported by (benz)-amidinato germylene ligands are reported. The solid-state structures of2and3have been validated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies, which revealed the dimeric nature of the complexes, with distorted tetrahedral geometries around the Ge and Zn center. DFT calculations reveal that the Ge-Zn bonds in2and3are dative in nature. The reaction of2with elemental sulfur resulted in the first structurally characterized germathione stabilized ZnBr(2)complexes PhC(NtBu)(2)Ge(=S){N(SiMe3)(2)}-\&gt; ZnBr2(5). Therefore, the Ge=S in5is in-between Ge-S single and Ge=S double bond length, owing to the coordination of a sulfur lone pair of electrons to ZnBr2.</p>
},
	keywords = {DFT, Germathione, Germylene, X-ray Structure, zinc},
	issn = {1861-4728},
	doi = {10.1002/asia.202000807, Early Access Date = SEP 2020},
	author = {Yadav, Sandeep and Kumar, Rohit and Raj, K. Vipin and Yadav, Prashant and Vanka, Kumar and Sen, Sakya S.}
}
