Equilibria in multicomponent scrambling on dimethylgermanium

Abstract

Redistribution equilibria in the systems (i) Me₂GeCl₂vs. Me₂GeBr₂vs. Me₂Gel₂, (ii) Me₂GeCl₂vs. Me₂Gel₂, vs. Me₂Ge(OPh)₂, and (iii) Me₂GeCl₂vs. Me₂GeBr₂vs. Me₂Gel₂vs. Me₂Ge(OPh)₂ have been studied by ¹H n.m.r. spectrometry. Equilibrium constants were calculated from which theoretical equilibrium concentrations corresponding to these constants were computed. Six different species are present at equilibrium in systems (i) and (ii) and ten species in system (iii). The observed equilibria did not deviate greatly from random statistics.