Organometallics

The germanium-hydrogen bond dissociation energies of organogermanes. A laser-induced photoacoustic study

KB Clark, D Griller

Index: Clark, K. Brady; Griller, David Organometallics, 1991 , vol. 10, p. 746 - 750

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Abstract

The Ge-H bond dissociation energies (BDE's) of severai alkyl-and aryl-substituted germanium hydrides have been measured in hydrocarbon solution at room temperature by a photoacoustic technique. The BDE's of these hydrides are unaffected by alkyl substitution when compared to those for GeH4 and are in the range of 81.6-82.6 kcal/mol. Aryl substitution leads to a slightly weakened Ge-H bond (79.2-80.2 kcal/mol) in the cases of ...