Fourteen new triphenylgermanium derivatives of alkynyl or alkenyl phosphoni
c acid were synthesized by the reaction of corresponding triphenylgermanium
chloride with alkynyl or alkenyl phosphates. All compounds were characteri
zed by elemental analysis, IR, H-1 NMR and MS. The results showed that bis(
triphenylgermanium) alkynyl or alkenyl phosphonates are bath four- and five
-coordinated germanium and triphenylgermanium alkynyl or alkenyl phosphonat
es are five-coordinated germanium.