Germanium(ll)phthalocyanine forms crystals belonging to space group P2/c with a=27.11, sigma=0.012 Å, b=10.39, sigma=0.020 Å, c=21.96, sigma=0.014 Å, beta=107.86, sigma-0.0680. There are eight molecules per unit cell.Patterson maps show that the molecule is planar, that the molecular axis is inclined 500 to the b axis, and that molecules are located parallel to each other along the b axis with an interplanar distance of 3.9 Å.

This thesis has involved an attempt to form a germanium-carbon bond through the reaction of germanium compounds with dilithium phthalocyanine, metal-free phthalocyanine, methyl magnesium iodide, phenyl magnesium bromide, and 1,3-diiminoisoindoline. The reaction products were examined in several ways to help establish their identity. Chemical and spectroscopic analyses were used to determine the nature of the two trans groups in the phthalocyanine compounds. Infrared spectra implied the formation of the germanium-carbon bond.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306