Complexes (Me
2GeGeMe
2)[(
5-C
5R
4)Fe(CO)]
2(
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-CO)
2 (R = H,
1; Me,
3)
1 and
3, preparedby the reaction of C
5R
4HMe
2GeGeMe
2C
5R
4H with Fe(CO)
5 in refluxing xylene, underwent anovel thermal reaction between their Ge-Ge and Fe-Fe bonds, forming correspondingrearrangement products with new cyclic structures, [Me
2Ge(
5-C
5R
4)Fe(CO)
2]
2 (R = H,
2;Me
4). Compared with the case of silicon, the weaker Ge-Ge bond resulted in an easierrearrangement reaction. Reactions of
1 with iodine and sodium amalgam were examined.Molecular structures of
1,
2,
3, and
4 were determined by X-ray diffraction.