1,1-Bis[4-(trifluoro-meth-yl)phen-yl]germetane

Lawrence A Huck; Gregory D Potter; Hilary A Jenkins; James F Britten; William J Leigh

doi:10.1107/S1600536809015268

1,1-Bis[4-(trifluoro-meth-yl)phen-yl]germetane

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2009 Apr 30;65(Pt 5):m602. doi: 10.1107/S1600536809015268.

Authors

Lawrence A Huck¹, Gregory D Potter, Hilary A Jenkins, James F Britten, William J Leigh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4M1.

Abstract

The inter-nal C-Ge-C bond angle in the germacyclo-butane ring of the title compound, C(17)H(14)F(6)Ge or [Ge(C(3)H(6))(C(7)H(4)F(3))(2)], is 77.8 (3)°. The -CF(3) groups display rotational disorder [occupancies 0.604 (14):0.396 (14) and 0.410 (6):0.411 (6):0.179 (3)] and the germacyclo-butane ring also shows disorder [occupancies 0.604 (14):0.396 (14)].