Electron spin resonance of t-alkyl-, silyl-, and germyl-aminyl radicals and some observations on the amides MBr{N(SiMe3)2}3(M = Ge, Sn, or Pb)

Abstract
The e.s.r. spectra of the π-radicals :NRR′(R = R′= GeMe3, SiEt3, or CMe3; or R = CMe3 and R′= SiMe3; or NR2= 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl), obtained by photolysis of M(NRR′)2(M = Ge or Sn), are reported; the tetravalent title compounds, prepared by oxidative addition of BrN(SiMe3)2 to M′{N(SiMe3)2}2(M′= Ge, Sn, or Pb), are not sources of aminyls, but reduction of GeBr{N(SiMe3)2}3 provides a convenient route to Ge{N(SiMe3)2}3.

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