Frontispiece: Synthesis of Bis(pentafluoroethyl)germanes.

Main‐Group Chemistry The germanium awakens in the field of bis(pentafluoroethyl)germanes. Employing the phenyl group as a protecting group opens a straightforward synthetic route to (C2F5)2GePh2. To obtain functionalizable bis(pentafluoroethyl)germanes, the deprotection can be effected with gaseous HBr or HCl under the assistance of a Lewis acidic catalyst. The derivatization of the obtained halogenogermanes is described by the reactions with Ag2CO3 to obtain hexakis(pentafluoroethyl)trigermoxane and with Bu3SnH yielding (C2F5)2GeH2, studied by X‐ray diffraction. The complete story can be found in the Full Paper by B. Hoge and colleagues on page 4758 ff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]