K. Mochida et al., TETRACYANOETHYLENE-INDUCED CHLORINATIVE CLEAVAGE OF PERMETHYLATED OLIGOGERMANES WITH POLYHALOMETHANES, Chemistry Letters, (3), 1995, pp. 245-245
In the presence of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), Ge-Ge bonds of oligogerm
anes (Me(Me(2)Ge)(n)Me, n=2-5) were cleaved with CCl4 to yield the cor
responding chlorogermanes. A mechanism involving an oligogermane radic
al cation is proposed for the Ge-Ge cleavage.