Bonding studies on zinc, cadmium, and mercury alkyls and amides, Zn(CH2EMe3)2 (E = C or Si) and M2 (M = Zn, Cd, or Hg). Heats of hydrolysis, standard heats of formation, and Zn-C and M-N (M = Zn, Cd, or Hg) bond energy terms

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(88)89062-4

Calorimetric measurements have been carried out on the heats of hydrolysis of the homoleptic zinc alkyls Zn(CH2EMe3)2 (E = C or Si) and bis(trimethylsilyl)amides M2 (M = Zn, Cd, or Hg) at 25 +/- 0.01 deg C in aqueous hydrochloric (1 M; for the