Terphenyltin and terphenylgermanium
trihydrides were deprotonated in reaction with strong bases, such
as LiMe, LDA, or KBn. In the solid state, the Li salts of the germate
anion 4 and 4a exhibit a Li–Ge contact.
In the Li salt of the dihydridostannate anion 6a, the
Li cation is not coordinated at the tin atom instead an interaction
of the Li cation with the hydride substituents was found. Evidenced
by 1H–7Li-HOESY NMR spectroscopy the
Li-salt of the deprotonated tin hydride 6a exhibits in
toluene solution a contact between Li cation and hydride substituents,
whereas in the 1H–7Li-HOESY NMR spectrum
of the homologous germate salt 4a, no crosspeak between
hydride and Li signals was found. The organodihydridogermate and -stannate
react as nucleophiles with low-valent Group 14 electrophiles. Thus,
three compounds were synthesized: Ar–Ë′–EH2–Ar (E′, E = Sn, Ge; Pb, Ge; Pb, Sn; Ar = Ar′,
Ar*). Following an alternative synthesis Ar′SnH2PbAr* was synthesized in reaction between [(Ar*PbH)2]
and [(Ar′SnH)4] generated in situ. In reaction between
low-valent organotin hydride [(Ar*SnH)2] and organdihydridostannate
[Ar*SnH2]− formation of distannate [Ar*2Sn2H3]− was found.