Novel two-coordinate germanium(<scp>II</scp>) arylamides: Ge(NHAr)2, ArN[Ge(NHAr)]2(µ-NAr) and [Ge(µ-NAr)]22, and the X-ray structures of 2 and Sn(NHAr)2(Ar = C6H2But3-2,4,6)

Depending on reaction conditions, treatment of GeCl2(1,4-dioxane) with [Li(&#181;-NHAr)(L)]2(L = OEt2 or OC4H8) yields Ge(NHAr)21 or the first binuclear group 14 element(II) amides [Ge(&#181;-NAr)]22 or ArN[Ge(NHAr)]2(&#181;-NAr)3; X-ray structural data are presented on the tin analogue of 1 and on the germetane 2.