Tetraethylgermanium Explained

Tetraethylgermanium (IUPAC name: tetraethylgermane), abbreviated TEG, is an organogermanium compound with the formula (CH₃CH₂)₄Ge. Tetraethylgermanium is an important chemical compound used in vapour deposition of germanium which is in a tetrahedral shape.

Synthesis

Clemens Winkler first reported the compound in 1887 from diethylzinc and germanium tetrachloride, shortly after germanium was discovered in 1887.^[1]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Clemens Winkler . J. Prak. Chemie . 36 . 1887 . 177–209 . Mittheilungen über des Germanium. Zweite Abhandlung . 10.1002/prac.18870360119 . 2008-08-20.