Trichlorogermanate is the inorganic anion with the formula . It is the

chloride The term chloride refers to a compound or molecule that contains either a chlorine anion (), which is a negatively charged chlorine atom, or a non-charged chlorine atom covalently bonded to the rest of the molecule by a single bond (). The pr ...

adduct of

germanium dichloride Germanium dichloride is a chemical compound of germanium and chlorine with the formula . It is a yellow solid. Germanium dichloride is an example of a compound featuring germanium in the +2 oxidation state. Preparation Solid germanium dichloride ...

: : The anion can be isolated as a

quaternary ammonium salt In organic chemistry, quaternary ammonium cations, also known as quats, are positively-charged polyatomic ions of the structure , where R is an alkyl group, an aryl group or organyl group. Unlike the ammonium ion () and the primary, secondary, ...

. The anion is similar to

trichlorostannate Trichlorostannate is the inorganic anion with the formula . It is the chloride adduct of stannous chloride: : The trichlorostannate anion is pyramidal in shape, being similar to trichlorogermanate () and antimony trichloride. The anion can be ...

(). The anion is pyramidal according to

X-ray crystallography X-ray crystallography is the experimental science of determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to Diffraction, diffract in specific directions. By measuring th ...

with Cl-Ge-Cl angle of about 95° and Ge-Cl distance of 232 pm.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trichlorogermanate Metal halides Chlorides Germanium(II) compounds Chlorometallates