Radiochemical study of interaction of the nucleogenic diethylgermylium cations with benzene in the gas and condensed phases

Interaction of free diethylgermylium ions with benzene in the gas and condensed phases was studied by the radiochemical method. A possible mechanism of the ion-molecular reactions was suggested. At the interaction of these ions with benzene the products of germylation of the latter were not detected. More advantageous are the processes of degermylation leading to the formation of tritium-labeled benzene. A possibility of rearrangement of the nucleogenic diethylgermylium cation into other isomeric forms was revealed, these forms were calculated by B3LYP method with the 6–31G* and cc-pVTZ basis sets.