An N-Heterocyclic Germylene with a Versatile Metal-Binding Pocket: Insights into Heterodinuclear Bonding and Reactivity

Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5SC02751A, Edge Article Errikos Kounalis, Rik Sieben, Léon Witteman, Martin Lutz, Marc-Etienne Moret, Daniel L. J. Broere We report the synthesis, isolation, and characterisation of an N-heterocyclic germylene (NHGe) derived from a two-electron reduced Mg-synthon of the redox-active dippNBA ligand. This NHGe features a vacant binding pocket...