Hydrazinium(1+) hexafluorogermanate(IV) and hydrazinium(2+) hexafluorogermanate(IV) difluoride

(N₂H₅)₂GeF₆ and (N₂H₆)₂(GeF₆)F₂ have been prepared by reactions of N₂H₄·H₂O and N₂H₆F₂ with fluorogermanic acid. The solids have been characterized by chemical analysis and vibrational spectra. X-ray diffraction study has shown that crystals of (N₂H₅)₂GeF₆ are monoclinic, space group P 2₁/n, with unit-cell dimensions a = 6.015 (2), b = 5.249 (1), c = 11.181 (2) Å, β = 100.15 (2)^o, and Z = 2. There are N₂H₅⁺ cations and GeF₆^2? anions in the crystals interconnected by hydrogen bonds of the type NH····F and NH····N.