THE STRUCTURE OF TRIPHENYLGERMANIUM HYDROXIDE

C18H16GeO, M(r) = 320.9, triclinic, P1BAR, a = 15.408 (6), b = 19.974 (7), C = 23.264 (11) angstrom, alpha = 107.78 (4), beta = 103.54 (4), gamma = 101.51 (3)-degrees, V 6338 (5) angstrom3, Z = 16, D(x) = 1.34 g cm -3, lambda(Mo K-alpha) 0.71073 angstrom, mu = 19.1 cm -1, F(000) = 2624, T = 293 K, R = 0.055 for 6846 observed reflections. The eight independent molecules in the asymmetric unit form two independent O-H...O hydrogen-bonded tetramers with the 0 atoms in a flattened tetrahedral arrangement [hydrogen-bond distances in the range 2.609 (11) to 2.657 (11) angstrom]. The Ge atoms are tetrahedrally coordinated with mean Ge-O 1.791 (7) and Ge-C 1.931 (8) angstrom.