Formation of Halide Complexes of Methyl-and Inorganic Germanium (IV) in Aqueous Hydrohalogenic Acid Solutions.

Y Sohrin

Index: Sohrin, Yoshiki Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1991 , vol. 64, # 11 p. 3363 - 3371

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Abstract

The reaction of methyl-and inorganic germanium (IV) hydroxides ((CH 3) n Ge (OH) 4− n; n= 0, 1, 2, or 3) with halide ions (X= Cl−, Br−, or I−) to form halide complexes ((CH 3) n GeX 4− n) in aqueous acidic solution has been investigated by liquid–liquid extraction, solid–liquid distribution (ion exchange), and 1 H NMR spectrometry. It has been found that methylgermanium moieties are hard Lewis acids similarly to inorganic germanium (IV), ...