Thermal Decomposition Studies of Some Organo-lead Compounds

Chemistry Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Rajasthan)

Manuscript received 1 December 1969; revised 9 October 1971; accepted 12 July 1972

The thermal decompositions of tetraphenyl-lead, hexaphenyl-dilead, triphenyl-lead chloride and triphenyl-lead hydroxide have been studied in a controlled furnace of an automatic recording thermobalance. Some probable decomposition mechanisms have been suggested.