Why compete when you can share? Competitive reactivity of germanium and phosphorus with seleniumElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC 953700-953702. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45954c

Addition of one equivalent of selenium to a germanium-phosphanide complex results in insertion of selenium into the Ge-P bond, not oxidation at germanium or phosphorus. Addition of excess selenium results in oxidation at phosphorus, although of germanium oxidation is still observed. Germanium and ph...

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Main Authors Tam, Eric C. Y, Harris, Lisa M, Borren, Elliot S, Smith, J. David, Lein, Matthias, Coles, Martyn P, Fulton, J. Robin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.10.2013
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Summary:Addition of one equivalent of selenium to a germanium-phosphanide complex results in insertion of selenium into the Ge-P bond, not oxidation at germanium or phosphorus. Addition of excess selenium results in oxidation at phosphorus, although of germanium oxidation is still observed. Germanium and phosphorus 'share' when an equimolar amount of selenium is present; however, the selenophilicity of phosphorus dominates in the presence of excess selenium.
Bibliography:Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC
For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI
953700-953702
10.1039/c3cc45954c
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c3cc45954c