Chemistry:Trichlorogermanate

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Trichlorogermanate is the inorganic anion with the formula GeCl
3
. It is the chloride adduct of germanium dichloride:

GeCl
2
+ Cl
→ GeCl
3

The anion can be isolated as a quaternary ammonium salt.[1] The anion is similar to trichlorostannate (SnCl
3
).

The anion is pyramidal according to X-ray crystallography with Cl-Ge-Cl angle of about 95° and Ge-Cl distance of 232 pm.[2]

References

  1. Parshall, G. W. (1974). "Tetraethylammonium Trichlorogermanate(l-) and Trichlorostannate(l-)". Inorganic Syntheses. 15. p. 222. doi:10.1002/9780470132463.ch48. ISBN 978-0-470-13176-3. 
  2. Minami, Yohei; Konishi, Akihito; Yasuda, Makoto (2019). "Synthesis of α-Alkenyl α,β-Unsaturated Ketones via Dehydrogermylation of Oxagermacycles with Regeneration of the Germanium(II) Species". Organic Letters 21 (24): 9818–9823. doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03454. PMID 31682128.