Abbreviations TEG Density 998 kg/m³ Appearance Colourless liquid | Formula C8H20Ge Boiling point 163 °C Pubchem 11703 | |
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Tetraethylgermanium (common name tetraethyl germanium), abbreviated TEG, is an organogermanium compound with the formula (CH3CH2)4Ge. Tetraethylgermanium is an important chemical compound used in vapour deposition of germanium.
Synthesis
Clemens Winkler first reported the compound in 1887 from diethylzinc and germanium tetrachloride, shortly after germanium was discovered in 1887.
References
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