Lewis Base Character of Hydroxygermylenes for the Preparation of Heterobimetallic LGe(OH)M Systems (M = Fe, Mn, L = HC[(CMe)(NAr)]2, Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3)

LGeOH (1; L = HC[(CMe)(NAr)]2, Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3) reacted with iron and manganese complexes to give LGe(OH)Fe(CO)4 (2) and LGe(OH)Mn(Cp)(CO)2 (3; Cp = cyclopentadienyl). Compounds 2 and 3 were characterized by IR, multinuclear NMR, EI-MS, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.