Synthesis of 6-tert-butyl-3-dicyanomethylene-5-silagermyl- and digermyl-1,2,4-triazines

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Fragmentation of the Ge–Ph bond in 2-(6-tBu-5-triphenylgermyl-2-R-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazin-3(2H)-ylidene)malononitriles (R = Me, nBu) using lithium naphthalenide and further electrophile trapping with H+, Ph3SiCl or Ph3GeBr furnished the corresponding 5-Ph2HGe–, Ph3Si–Ph2Ge– or Ph3Ge–Ph2Ge– derivatives. In the case of R = CH2CO2 tBu, metalation at the exocyclic methylene group was observed to give tert-butyl 7-amino-3-tBu-8-cyanopyrrolo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazine-6-carboxylate as a result of cyclization/Ge atom elimination. Structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral and XRD data.