RbGeCl3 is Potassium chlorate structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Rb(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ge(1), three equivalent Cl(1), and six equivalent Cl(2) atoms. Ge(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Rb(1), one Cl(1), and two equivalent Cl(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb(1) and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to three equivalent Rb(1) and one Ge(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing ClRb3Ge tetrahedra.
RbGeCl3 is Potassium chlorate structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. Rb(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ge(1), three equivalent Cl(1), and six equivalent Cl(2) atoms. The Rb(1)-Ge(1) bond length is 3.97 Å. There is one shorter (3.42 Å) and two longer (3.73 Å) Rb(1)-Cl(1) bond lengths. There are a spread of Rb(1)-Cl(2) bond distances ranging from 3.40-3.43 Å. Ge(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Rb(1), one Cl(1), and two equivalent Cl(2) atoms. The Ge(1)-Cl(1) bond length is 2.33 Å. Both Ge(1)-Cl(2) bond lengths are 2.32 Å. There are two inequivalent Cl sites. In the first Cl site, Cl(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb(1) and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Cl site, Cl(2) is bonded to three equivalent Rb(1) and one Ge(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing ClRb3Ge tetrahedra.