Reactions of [(dmpe) 2 MnH(C 2 H 4 )] with hydrogermanes to form germylene, germyl, hydrogermane, and germanide complexes

Bu, and it is notable that this reaction involves stripping of all four substituents from the hydrogermane. Complexes 2a, 3a, and 6 were crystallographically characterized, and the nature of the MnGe bonding in these species (as well as in 2b and 3b) was probed computationally.