Exchange Reactions between Trimethylsilyl Azide and Hexamethyldigermoxane

摘要

Trimethylsilyl azide and hexamethyldigermoxane undergo exchange at room temperature to stoichiometrically yield trimethyl(trimethylsiloxy)germane and trimethylgermyl azide. The rates of this second order reaction have been measured at several temperatures between 21 and 53 C. The large negative entropy of activation implies a highly ordered transition state for this reaction.