Organogermanium CompoundsUnderstand the chemistry of organogermanium compounds with this thorough and cutting-edge referenceDiscovered comparatively late in the history of chemistry, germanium has become one of the most technology-critical elements in modern industry. Germanium and its inorganic and organic derivatives found widespread applications in fiber- and infrared-optics, electronics, polymerization catalysis, solar electric technology, nanotechnology, chemotherapy, and more. Organogermanium compounds containing carbon to germanium chemical bonds, have applications in microelectronics, medicinal and health industries, and beyond.Organogermanium Compounds: Theory, Experiment, and Applications, 2 Volume Set provides a comprehensive review of this class of compounds in two thorough volumes. It covers all modern aspects of these critically important compounds, including theoretical, synthetic, physico-chemical, and applied research. Reflecting the latest breakthroughs in this rapidly growing field, this book promises to serve as the high-level reference for those readers who are interested in organogermanium chemistry.Organogermanium Compounds readers will also find:* 19 chapters produced by leading global experts* Descriptions of pivotal historical achievements in organogermanium research* Coverage of the latest computational, synthetic, and applied breakthroughsOrganogermanium Compounds is a critical reference for researchers and professionals in a wide range of academic and industrial fields working with these fascinating compounds. This will also be helpful for university and college students, at both graduate and undergraduate levels.

Volume 1Preface ixList of Contributors1 Computational and Theoretical Aspects of Structure and Bonding in Doubly Bonded Organogermanium Compounds 1Miriam Karni and Yitzhak Apeloig2 Organogermanium Compounds of the Main Group Elements 103Kirill V. Zaitsev3 Transition Metal Complexes of Germanium 195Kohtaro Osakada4 Germanium Cages and Clusters 225Tanja Kunz and Andreas Schnepf5 Arylgermanium Hydrides, Ar n GeH 4-n (n = 1-3) - Synthesis, Characterization, Reactivity 277Ana Torvisco and Frank Uhlig6 Germylium Ions and Germylium Ion-like Species 299Thomas Müller7 Germanium-Containing Radicals 339Alexander Hinz and Frank Breher8 Germanium-Centered Anions 361Christoph Marschner9 Germylenes 387Norio Nakata xiii10 Multiple Bonds to Germanium 435Vladimir Ya. LeeVolume 2Preface viiList of Contributors xi11 Germaaromatic Compounds 477Yoshiyuki Mizuhata and Norihiro Tokitoh12 Germanium-centered Ion Radicals 507Mikhail P. Egorov, Viatcheslav V. Jouikov, Elena N. Nikolaevskaya, and Mikhail A. Syroeshkin13 Donor-acceptor Stabilization of Species with Low-coordinate Germanium 561Sakya S. Sen and Herbert W. Roesky14 Synthesis of the Penta- and Hexacoordinate Germanium(IV) Complexes 597Naokazu Kano15 Dynamic Stereochemistry of Penta- and Hexacoordinate Germanium(IV) Complexes 629Vadim V. Negrebetsky and Alexander A. Korlyukov16 X-ray Crystallography of Organogermanium Compounds 667Catherine Hemmert and Heinz Gornitzka17 Organogermanium Photochemistry 745William J. Leigh18 Oligo- and Polygermanes 787Charles S. Weinert19 Bioorganic and Medicinal Organogermanium Chemistry 839Takashi Nakamura, Yasuhiro Shimada, and Katsuyuki SatoIndex 867