Deviation from tetrahedral geometry in Me (sub)2 GeCl (sub)2: crystal structure of a model compound and insight from ab initio calculations

Research has been conducted on the Me (sub)2 GeCl (sub)2. The molecular structure of this compound and its C-Ge-C angle have been investigated via the use of ab initio quantum calculations in studying the molecule's deviation from geometry in the gas phase and in the crystalline state and the details are reported.