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The electron diffraction intensities of germanium dibromide [1] were reanalyzed based on computational evidence on the geometry of the excited state molecule. It was found that beside the ground state germanium dibromide molecule a small amount of iron dibromide, rather than other germanium dibromide species, may have been present in the vapor. The revised geometrical parameters of GeBr2 are: r g(Ge—Br) = 2.359 ± 0.005 Å and ∠ a Br—Ge—Br = 101.0 ± 0.3 Å.
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Schultz, G., Kolonits, M. & Hargittai, M. Molecular Structure of Germanium Dibromide: A Reinvestigation. Structural Chemistry 11, 161–166 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009265710105
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