Use of mass-spectrometric methods for studying the thermal decomposition of tetra alkylgermanes

Gas‐Phase Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry ofGe‐,Sn‐ andPb‐Containing Compounds

“…Et n GeH 4−n * − −−→ Et n−1 GeH 3−n + C 2 H 6 (38a) − −−→ C 2 H 4 + Et n−1 GeH 5−n (38b) By comparison, the thermal dissociation of the ethylgermanes has been proposed to proceed by cleavage of the Ge−C bond (equation 48) followed by hydrogen abstraction by the nascent ethyl radical 211,212 .…”