“…1 while selected bond distances and angles are collected in Table 1. Curiously, the GeeGe bond distance in 1 measures 2.408(1) Å, which is shorter than the reported GeeGe bond length in the related perphenyl digermane Ph 3 GeGePh 3 $2C 6 H 6 (4$2C 6 H 6 ) of 2.446(1) Å [48], as well as that in the unsolvated form of 4 (2.437(2) Å) [52]. A survey of twenty-five structurally characterized digermanes [41,44,45,48,49,51e67] reveals that the GeeGe bond distance in 1 is the third shortest GeeGe bond length to be reported, where only Cl 3 CCOOPh 2 GeGePh 2 OOCCCl 3 (5) [51] and (2,6-Dipp 2 C 6 H 3 )H 2 GeGeH 2 (C 6 H 3 Dipp 2 -2,6) (Dipp ¼ 2,6-diiisopropylphenyl) [58] have shorter bond lengths of 2.393(2) and 2.402(1) Å, respectively.…”