Radiochemical study of gas-phase reactions of nucleogenic diethylgermyl cations with dibutyl ether and 1-butanol

Germyl Cations with Ge–S Bonds: An Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Gaseous FnGe(SH)+3–n (n = 0–2)

“…Various R 3 Ge + (R = H, F, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 , OCH 3 ), or their asymmetric analogs with non-equivalent R groups, are, in particular, detected in the mass spectra of germanium hydrides, fluorides and organogermanes. [11][12][13][14][15] The alkylated R 2 GeT + (R = CH 3 , C 2 H 5 ) are also obtained from the b-decay of R 2 GeT 2 , 16,17 and various RR¢R²Ge + are observed as the products of ion-molecule reactions. 10,[18][19][20] The latter route is especially valuable to access homo-and hetero-substituted ions which are not attainable from the ionization of eligible neutrals.…”

Radiochemical study of gas-phase reactions of diethylstannyl cations Et2SnT+ with oxygen-containing compounds: II. Reaction of diethylstannyl cations with butanol

“…While developing studies in the field of ion-molecule reactions of stannyl cations with oxygen-containing compounds, we focused our attention on alcohols. Reactions of alcohols with nucleogenic carbenium [2], silyl [3][4][5], and germyl cations [6] were reported by us previously. In order to get a complete picture of reactions of three-coordinate Group 14 cations with alcohols it was necessary to examine the reaction of stannyl cations with alcohols.…”

“…No products corresponding to its bimolecular decomposition were detected. By contrast, the main products of the reactions of silyl and germyl cations with alcohols were alkoxysilanes and alkoxygermanes which were formed via bimolecular proton transfer from the oxonium ion to substrate molecules [3][4][5][6]. The observed difference in the behavior of these cations may be rationalized by strong intramolecular resonance interaction of the oxygen atom with silicon and germanium and the lack of such interaction with carbon and tin.…”