Synthesis and Thermal Decomposition of Heavy Tetrylenes Bearing N ‐Aminocarbazolyl Substituents

The synthesis of the N ‐aminocarbazole R‐NH 2 ( 2 ) is reported. Subsequent reaction with bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)amido]tetrylenes E[N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 2 (E=Ge, Sn, or Pb) allowed the isolation of formal hydrazidotetrylene derivatives, R−N(H)EN(SiMe 3 ) 2 ( 3 ) that includes the first example of a hydrazidoplumbylene to date. Thermal decomposition of these compounds resulted in the elimination of “NH” and afforded the tetrylenes R‐EN(SiMe 3 ) 2 ( 4 ).