Tetraethylgermanium

• Formula: C₈H₂₀Ge
• Molecular weight: 188.88
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H20Ge/c1-5-9(6-2,7-3)8-4/h5-8H2,1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QQXSEZVCKAEYQJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 597-63-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Germane, tetraethyl-; Tetraethylgermane; (C2H5)4Ge; Germanium, tetraethyl-
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Shaulov, Federov, et al., 1969
Shaulov, Yu.Kh.; Federov, A.K.; Genchel, V.G., Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 43, 744. [all data]

Bills and Cotton, 1964
Bills, J.L.; Cotton, F.A., J. Phys. Chem., 1964, 68, 806. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Pope and Skinner, 1964
Pope, A.E.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. Part 12.?Heat of combustion of tetraethyl germanium and of tetrapropyl germanium, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1964, 60, 1404, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9646001404 . [all data]

Rabinovich, Tel'noi, et al., 1963
Rabinovich, I.B.; Tel'noi, V.I.; Karyakin, N.V.; Razuvaev, G.A., Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1963, 149, 324. [all data]

Rabinovich, Sheiman, et al., 1985
Rabinovich, I.B.; Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P.; Kamelova, G.P.; Zorin, A.D., The heat capacity and thermodynamic characteristics of tetraethylgermane, Zhur. Fiz. Khim., 1985, 59, 2414-2417. [all data]

Maslova, Rabinovich, et al., 1972
Maslova, V.A.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Nistoalov, V.P.; Faminskaya, L.A., Specific heat and phase transitions of some alkyl compounds of silicon, germanium, and tin, Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1972, (2), 44-50. [all data]

Dibrivnyi, Dolbneva, et al., 1986
Dibrivnyi, V.N.; Dolbneva, T.N.; Dikii, M.A., Saturated vapor pressure and vaporization enthalpies of aromatic peroxides in Vses. Konf. po Kalorimetrii i Khim. Termodinamike, 11th, Novosibirsk, Nr 2, p 115, 1986. [all data]

Staveley, Warren, et al., 1954
Staveley, L.A.K.; Warren, J.B.; Paget, H.P.; Dowrick, D.J., Some Thermodynamic Properties of Compounds of the Formula MX4 II. Tetraalkyl Compounds, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 1954, 1992. [all data]

Rabinovich, Sheiman, et al., 1985, 2
Rabinovich, I.B.; Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P.; Kamelova, G.P.; Zorin, A.D., The heat capacity and thermodynamic characteristics of tetraethylgermane, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1985, 59, 2414. [all data]

Maslova, Rabinovich, et al., 1972, 2
Maslova, V.A.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Nistoalov, V.P.; Faminskaya, L.A., Specific heat and phase transition of some alkyl compounds of silicon, germanium, and tin, Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1972, 1972, 44. [all data]

Abraham and Irving, 1980
Abraham, M.H.; Irving, R.J., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 539. [all data]

Peacock and Fuchs, 1977
Peacock, L. Alan; Fuchs, Richard, Enthalpy of vaporization measurements by gas chromatography, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 16, 5524-5525, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00458a070 . [all data]

Gazicki, 1992
Gazicki, Maciej, Precise measurement of flow rates of vaporized tetraethylgermanium carried by an inert gas, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 1992, 10, 1, 51-555, https://doi.org/10.1116/1.578149 . [all data]

Mogul, Hochberg, et al., 1974
Mogul, Philip H.; Hochberg, Marc C.; Michiel, Robert; Nestel, Glenn K.; Wamsley, Brian L.; Coren, Seth D., Physical properties of tetra-n-alkylgermanes (C1-C6), J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1974, 19, 1, 4-6, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60060a029 . [all data]

Staveley, Warren, et al., 1954, 2
Staveley, L.A.K.; Warren, J.B.; Paget, H.P.; Dowrick, D.J., Some thermodynamic properties of compounds of the formula MX4. Part II. Tetra-alkyl compounds, 1954, J. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Schweig, Weidner, et al., 1973
Schweig, A.; Weidner, U.; Manuel, G., Theory and application of photoelectron spectroscopy. XVI. Photoelectron spectroscopy and molecular conformations: Ge-C and Sn-C hyperconjugation and the conformation of allylgermanes and stannanes, J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 54, 145. [all data]

deRidder and Dijkstra, 1967
deRidder, J.J.; Dijkstra, G., Mass spectra of the tetramethyl and tetraethyl compounds of carbon, silicon, germanium, tin and lead, Rec. Trav. Chim., 1967, 86, 737. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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