Direct time-resolved study of the kinetics of the gas-phase reaction of germylene with triethylgermane: a negative activation energy for the Ge-H insertion process
Abstract
Gas-phase rate constants, obtained from 292-557 K, yield an activation energy of -10.6±1.1kJmol-1 for the insertion reaction of GeH2 into a Ge-H bond (of triethylgermane); these results indicate the likely involvement of an intermediate complex.