Stabilization of a germanium–oxygen double bond: a theoretical study

Abstract

Both B3LYP and CCSD(T) computational results suggest that fluorine substitution can dramatically stabilize F₂Ge[double bond, length half m-dash]O, with respect to FGe–OF, both from a kinetic and from a thermodynamic viewpoint.

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