Ethers germanium polymers

Germanium-oxygen linkages are also possible Schumb and Smyth (1955) studied the partial hydrolysis of GeCl4 in ether, chloroform or w-pentane by adding water in GeCl4 HgO molar ratios from 5 1 to 1 1. Solid polymers were obtained with compositions close to GegOgClg, but an individual compound could not be isolated. Invariably hydrolysis ceased when the hydrochloric acid concentration of the aqueous phase reached about 6.5 M. 

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