Photochemistry of aryl-substituted trigermanes. Generation and mechanism of formation of germylenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)80083-C

Photochemical reactions of aryl-substituted trigermanes have studied by trapping experiments, matrix isolation, and laser flash-photolysis techniques.Photolysis of the phenylated trigermanes involved both the simple extrusion of germylenes and the formati