Germanium phosphorus hydrides

The simplest hydrides and halides of boron, silicon, germanium, phosphorus, and arsenic can be decomposed in electric discharges to form... 

Bellama, J.M., Macdiarm, A.G., 1968. Synthesis of hydrides of germanium phosphorus arsenic and antimony by solid-phase reaction of corresponding oxide with lithium aluminum hydride. Inorg. Chem. 7, 2070-2072. 

Carbon is, of course, unique in the number of hydrides it forms, but the elements in the proximity of carbon in the Periodic Table have a similar, if more restricted, propensity to form hydrides. Silicon, germanium, boron and phosphorus are obvious examples. For hydrides of these elements, and especially for their organic derivatives, the methods of substitutive nomenclature can be applied to obtain suitable names. 

Of all the reactions studied, only the synthesis of nitrogen oxides and acetylene in arcs or plasma torches and that of ozone in glow and corona discharges are of major importance. In addition, a few small-scale preparations of inorganic compounds have been developed, e.g. synthesis of hydrazine and of hydrides and halides of silicon, germanium, tin, lead, phosphorus or arsenic 3> ... 

For elements such as bromine, phosphorus, germanium, lead and others, reactions for the generation of hydrides or of similar volatile species can also be found. 

Trichloro(tripyridine)chromium(III), synthesis 36 Tris(3-bromoacetylacetonato)chromium(III), synthesis 37 Cyclopentadienyl tricarbonyl hydrides of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten, synthesis 38 Trichloro(tripyridine)molybdenum(III), synthesis 39 Potassium octacyanotungstate(IV) 2-hydrate, synthesis 40 Chlorine(CP )-labeled thionyl chloride, silicon tetrachloride, boron chloride, germanium (IV) chloride and phosphorus(III) chloride, synthesis 44 Unipositive halogen complexes, synthesis 46 Monopyridineiodine(I) chloride, synthesis 47 Manganese(III) acetylacetonate, synthesis 49 Triiron dodecacarbonyl, synthesis 52... 

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