A corrected value has been found for the scaling factor used to calculate thermodynamic parameters of germanium-
containing compounds by the B3LYP/6-31G(d) method. The choice of the scaling factor for Ge was made by
minimizing the absolute value of the difference between calculated and experimental values of the standard formation
enthalpies of some germanium hydrides. The molecular geometry was optimized using the B3LYP/6-
31++G(d,p) method. Thermodynamic parameters were calculated by the B3LYP/6-31G(d) method. The best scaling
factor value has been found to be 1.015.
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