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]

References

  1. ^ Clemens Winkler (1887). "Mittheilungen über des Germanium. Zweite Abhandlung". J. Prak. Chemie. 36: 177–209. doi:10.1002/prac.18870360119. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
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