A new hypercoordinated organogermanium compound, trichlorogermyl [tris (2- methoxyphenyl)] methane (4) was prepared, and its tricapped tetrahedral structure was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. All interatomic oxygen⋯ germanium distances are shorter than the sum of van der Waals radii of O and Ge (3.62 Å).
![1-[bis(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-2-methoxybenzene Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/344/54300-82-2.png)