Tetraethylgermanium
Tetraethylgermanium, abbreviated TEG, is an organogermanium compound with the formula 4Ge. Tetraethylgermanium is an important chemical compound used in vapour deposition of germanium which is in a tetrahedral shape.Synthesis
first reported the compound in 1887 from diethylzinc and germanium tetrachloride, shortly after germanium was discovered in 1887.
