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Dimethylgermylene and its Ge=Ge doubly bonded dimer, tetramethyldigermene, have been characterized directly in solution by 308-nm laser flash photolysis in n-hexane solution, as well as 254-nm photolysis in hydrocarbon glasses at t = 77 K. An absorption band maximum of λ max ≈ 430 nm and molar absorption coefficient of ε ≈ 2,700 M−1 cm−1 have been shown to be attributable to low-temperature glasses, while the absorption band maximum of λ max ≈ 480 nm and molar absorption coefficient of ε ≈ 2,400 M−1 cm−1 have been shown to be related to dimethylgermylene in n-hexane solution. The molar absorption coefficient of tetramethyldigermene (λ max ≈ 380 nm) was determined to be ε ≈ 84,000 M−1 cm−1. The germylene is formed via (formal) cheletropic photocycloreversion of 7,7′-dimethylgerma-1,4,5,6-tetraphenyl-2,3-benzo-norbornadiene. Tetramethyldigermene and 1,2,3,4-tetraphenylnaphthalene in the triplet state were formed, together with dimethylgermylene. We attempted to explain the various contradictory interpretations of experimental data existing in the literature on this reaction.
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The authors would like to thank Dr. I. V. Krylova and Prof. M. P. Egorov (N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, the Russian Academy of Sciences) for providing the 7,7′-dimethylgerma-1,4,5,6-tetraphenyl-2,3-benzo-norbornadiene. The authors are also very grateful to Dr. E. M. Glebov and Dr. V. I. Borovkov (Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
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Kaletina, M.V., Korolev, V.V. Re-examination of 7,7′-dimethyl-7-germanorbornadiene photocleavage in solution and in organic glasses. Res Chem Intermed 36, 289–299 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-010-0136-3
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