Synthesis of a Base-stabilized (Chlorogermyl)metallogermylene and Its Photochemical Conversion to a (Chlorogermyl)germylyne Complex

An NHC-stabilized (chlorogermyl)metallogermylene [Cp(CO)3WGe{GeCl(Mes)2}(MeIiPr)] (NHC: N-heterocyclic carbene, MeIiPr: 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene, Mes: mesityl) was synthesized...