Trigermanium trioxide

Formula: Ge₃O₃
Molecular weight: 265.92
CAS Registry Number: 26039-40-7
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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

State: X

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1		Med.	Method	References


a₁'	1		475.0		Ar	Ra	Zumbusch and Schnockel, 1998
	2		305.0		Ar	Ra	Zumbusch and Schnockel, 1998
e'	5	GeO stretch	828.6	s	Ar	IR Ra	Ogden and Ricks, 1970 Andrews and McCluskey, 1992 Zumbusch and Schnockel, 1998
	5	GeO stretch	824		N₂	IR	Ogden and Ricks, 1970
	6	GeO stretch	438.2	w	Ar	IR Ra	Ogden and Ricks, 1970 Zumbusch and Schnockel, 1998
	6	GeO stretch	440		N₂	IR	Ogden and Ricks, 1970
	7		193.0		Ar	Ra	Zumbusch and Schnockel, 1998

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 346; Jacox, 2003, page 329

Notes

Weak

Strong

References

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Zumbusch and Schnockel, 1998
Zumbusch, A.; Schnockel, H., Raman and IR spectroscopy of (GeO)[sub n], with n=1,2,3,4, isolated in solid argon, J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 108, 19, 8092, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.476248 . [all data]

Ogden and Ricks, 1970
Ogden, J.S.; Ricks, M.J., Matrix Isolation Studies of Group IV Oxides. II. Infrared Spectra and Structures of GeO, Ge2O2, Ge3O3, and Ge4O4, J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 1, 352, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1672690 . [all data]

Andrews and McCluskey, 1992
Andrews, L.; McCluskey, M., Bending modes of SiO2 and GeO2 in solid argon, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1992, 154, 1, 223, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(92)90042-M . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

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