Structural investigations on the hydrolysis and condensation behavior of germanium alkoxides were for the first time performed by means of X-ray absorption fine structure and Raman spectroscopy. The studies reveal that germanium alkoxides are monomeric in nature and undergo very fast hydrolysis and condensation reactions upon water addition. However, the chelation of germanium alkoxides by acetylacetone does not take place even 48 h after mixing, and any change in hydrolysis and condensation behavior is not observed after acetylacetone addition. When mixed with prehydrolyzed silicon alkoxide, the structures of germanium alkoxides are not modified. Both Si and Ge precursors are insensitive to the presence of each other in the reaction solution even after 48 h of aging. The addition of water to this mixture catalyzes the hydrolysis and condensation reactions very fast and leads to the formation of Ge−O−Ge (and consequently Si−O−Si) homocondensation products.

Structural investigations on the hydrolysis and condensation behavior of pure and chemically modified alkoxides. 2. Germanium alkoxides

S. GROSS;L. ARMELAO;TONDELLO, EUGENIO;
2007

Abstract

Structural investigations on the hydrolysis and condensation behavior of germanium alkoxides were for the first time performed by means of X-ray absorption fine structure and Raman spectroscopy. The studies reveal that germanium alkoxides are monomeric in nature and undergo very fast hydrolysis and condensation reactions upon water addition. However, the chelation of germanium alkoxides by acetylacetone does not take place even 48 h after mixing, and any change in hydrolysis and condensation behavior is not observed after acetylacetone addition. When mixed with prehydrolyzed silicon alkoxide, the structures of germanium alkoxides are not modified. Both Si and Ge precursors are insensitive to the presence of each other in the reaction solution even after 48 h of aging. The addition of water to this mixture catalyzes the hydrolysis and condensation reactions very fast and leads to the formation of Ge−O−Ge (and consequently Si−O−Si) homocondensation products.
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