Thermal decomposition of hexamethyldilead

Abstract

Hexamethyldilead undergoes first order thermolysis in toluene and in benzene solutions with k= 1·2 × 10¹¹ exp {– 110 kJ mol^–1/RT}s^–1; dissociation to tetramethyl-lead and dimethyl-lead, the latter being a transient intermediate, is suggested.