79411-55-5

Basic information

• Product Name: Tetragermetane, octaethyl-
• CAS NO: 79411-55-5
• Molecular Formula: C16H40Ge4
• Molecular Weight: 522.854
• Mol File: 79411-55-5.mol
• Article Data: 1

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: Tetragermetane, octaethyl-(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: Tetragermetane, octaethyl-(79411-55-5)
• EPA Substance Registry System: Tetragermetane, octaethyl-(79411-55-5)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 79411-55-5(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 151920-23-9 1,1,2,2-tetraphenyl 1,2-digermyldilithium 
• 151920-34-2 ((C₂H₅)2(CH₃O)Ge)2 
• 993-84-0 pentaethyldigermane 
• 110-05-4 di-tert-butyl peroxide 

Downstream Products

• 67548-87-2 1,1,3,3,5,5-hexaethylcyclotrigermoxane 
• 91123-36-3 ((CH₃CH₂)2Ge)6 
• 79411-56-6 ((CH₃CH₂)2Ge)5 
• 5764-67-0 1,1-Diethyl-3,4-dimethyl-1-germacyclopent-3-en 

Relevant articles and documents

POLYGERMANES PRECURSEURS D'ESPECES DU GERMANIUM A COORDINNANCE NON USUELLE

Several thermal or photochemical α-elimination reactions of functional polygermanes lead to germylenes, R2Ge.Photolysis of polygermanes, cyclopolygermanes and polygermylmercury compounds and also hydrogen abstraction from various organohydropolygermanes using t-BuO., lead to the formation of polymetallated chains containing one or two germanium-centered radicals.These polygermyl radicals give germylenes, R2Ge, germanium centered radicals Ge., α-digermyl diradicals (or digermenes) Ge.-Ge. or Ge=Ge> and β- or γ-polygermyl diradicals via ahomolytic monoelectronic α-elimination process.In some cases the formation of α-digermyl diradicals or digermenes can also be seen as occuring through dimerization of germylenes but with lower yields.All these intermediates have been characterized by several trapping reactions with dimethyl disulfide, 2,3-dimethylbutadiene or biacetyl.