Theoretical investigations on the insertion reaction mechanisms of three- membered-ring silylenoid H2 Si Li F with GeH 3R（R = F, OH, NH2） have been systematically carried out by combined density functional theory（DFT） and ab initio quantum chemical calculations. The geometries of all stationary points for these reactions were optimized using the B3 LYP method and then the QCISD method was used to calculate the single-point energies. The calculated results indicate that, there are one precursor complex（Q）, one transition state（TS）, and one intermediate（IM） which connect the reactants and the products along the potential energy surface. The insertion reactions of three-membered-ring silylenoid with Ge H3 R proceed in a concerted manner, forming H2RSi-Ge H3 and Li F. The calculated potential energy barriers of the three reactions are 29.17, 30.90, and 54.07 k J/mol, and the reaction energies for the three reactions are –127.05, –116.91, and –103.31 k J/mol, respectively. The insertion reactions in solvents are similar to those in vacuum. Under the same situation, the insertion reactions should occur easily in the following order： GeH 3-F GeH 3-OH GeH 3-NH2. The elucidations of the mechanism of these insertion reactions provided a new mode of silicon-germanium bond formation.
In the present work we investigated a novel triplet ground-state germylenoid HB=GeLiF as well as its insertion reactions with RH（R = F,OH and NH2） using the DFT B3LYP and QCISD methods for the first time.Geometry optimization calculations show that the triplet HB=GeLiF has three equilibrium structures,in which the four-membered ring structure is the most stable with the lowest energy.All mechanisms of the three insertion reactions of germylenoid HB=GeLiF with RH（R = F,OH,and NH2） are identical to each other.Based on the calculated results,it is concluded that under the same conditions the insertion reactions should occur easily in the order of H-F H-OH H-NH2.In THF solvent the insertion reactions get more difficult than in the gas phase.
