Issue 24, 2022
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Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Organogermanium(iv) compounds in photo-induced radical reactions

Qing-Hao Xu ORCID logo a  and  Bin Xiao ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei 230026, China
E-mail: binxiao@ustc.edu.cn

Abstract

Located between silicon and tin in the periodic table, organogermanium compounds have comparable abundant radical properties as well. According to earlier studies, various types of germanium compounds, such as acylgermanes, hydrogermanes, tetraalkylgermanes, and digermanes, could be key reagents in radical processes. As visible-light photocatalysis has developed into a major radical-generation approach in the past decade, some of these germyl compounds have also been applied to achieve germylation or alkylation reactions, indicating the great potential of germanium in modern radical systems. In this review, the mechanism and applications of these four types of organogermanium structures in photoinduced radical reactions are summarized.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QO01467J
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
15 Sep 2022
Accepted
27 Oct 2022
First published
31 Oct 2022

Org. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 7016-7027

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Organogermanium(IV) compounds in photo-induced radical reactions

Q. Xu and B. Xiao, Org. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 7016 DOI: 10.1039/D2QO01467J

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