Allylgermane synthesis via facile and general nickela-electrocatalyzed electrophile coupling

Abstract

Organogermanes have played a significant role in organic chemistry, and effective strategies for accessing various organogermanes are crucial for advancing their applications. However, the formation of allylgermanes under electrophile coupling is still unexplored. Herein, we describe a germylative allylation applying readily accessible allylic carbonates and chlorogermanes. The newly developed method demonstrates good selectivity and high functional group compatibility under mild conditions and provides a variety of allylgermanes, as well as allyl tin, in good yields. Mechanistic and density functional theory (DFT) studies revealed the synergistic catalytic process in detail.