Bis(1,2-benzenediolato)dimethanolgermanium(IV)

[Ge(C₆H₄O₂)₂(CH₃OH)₂].2CH₃OH was prepared from germanium dioxide and catechol in refluxing H₂O followed by refluxing the crude product in methanol; the product was identified by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and elemental analysis. The complex has a slightly distorted octahedral structure with two methanol ligands in axial positions and two bidentate deprotonated catechols in the equatorial positions. The Ge-O bonds involving the methanol groups are longer than the Ge--O bonds involving the catechol ligands.

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