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title: "Trichlorogermanate"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichlorogermanate"
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Trichlorogermanate is the inorganic anion with the formula GeCl−3.  It is the chloride adduct of germanium dichloride:

GeCl2 + Cl−  →  GeCl−3
The anion can be isolated as a quaternary ammonium salt.  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.


== References ==