The conformational analysis of newly synthesized compound, 1-methyl-1-germacyclohexane, is performed by means of a combined vibrational spectroscopy and theoretical methods. The liquid 1-methyl-1-germacyclohexane at room temperature is investigated using conventional ATR-FTIR, FT-IR (gas phase) and Raman methods. FT-IR spectra of the isolated in low-temperature neon and nitrogen matrices are registered. The further detailed vibrational conformational analysis is performed utilizing density functional theory and perturbation theory based methods. All possible 12 canonical ring conformations considering axial/equatorial CH3 group position are analyzed by utilizing DFT/B3LYP, DFT/M06-2X and MP2 at aug-cc-pVTZ theory level.The most stable conformer with the global energy minimum structure in the chair axial conformation is investigated in detail. Analysis of the potential energy surface reveals transition states (TS) and energy barriers. The conformational path is found to be as follows: chair (1C4)→ envelope/half-chair (TS)→ skew-boat (1S3 - C1 symmetry)→ boat (TS)→ skew-boat (1S5 - C2 symmetry). The energy barrier for 1C4 (chair) to 1S3 (skew-boat) conversion is 4.8 kcal/mol while for the reverse process equals to 0.5 kcal/mol.A similar conformational analysis is performed for different configurations of germacyclohexane, silacyclohexane and cyclohexane with mono- and disubstituents: CH2Cl, CH3, Cl and F. Such approach enables investigation of influence of the heteroatoms and substituents of various size and type on the structural parameters and conformational diversity.