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Lead Tetraethyl, Pb(C2H5)4

Lead Tetraethyl (Tetraethide), Pb(C2H5)4, is obtained from lead chloride and zinc methyl, or by means of the Grignard reaction, thus:

2PbCl2 + 4C2H5MgI = Pb(C2H5)4 + Pb + 4MgClI.

This compound is a liquid which cannot be distilled under ordinary pressure without decomposition, but boils at 152° C. under 190 mm. pressure. It has a density of 1.62. The lowering of freezing-point of ethylene bromide by lead tetraethyl has been determined by Ghira.

The chloride Pb(C2H5)3Cl, formed by the action of hydrogen chloride on the tetraethyl, crystallises in needles; and the iodide results from the action of iodine on the same compound, and of magnesium ethyliodide on lead chloride. These halides are salts, derived from the base Pb(C2H5)3OH, which is formed by treating the iodide with moist silver oxide or distilling the chloride with potash. This base crystallises in needles, which are slightly soluble in water, have a strongly alkaline reaction, absorb carbon dioxide from the air, and combine with acids to form crystalline salts; e.g. the sulphate [Pb(C2H5)3]2SO4, which is slightly soluble in water.

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