Description
Tetraethylgermanium is a kind of organic germanium compounds. Germanium shares the group 14 with silicon, tin and lead in the periodic table. Though having limited synthetic value due to the cost of organic germanium compounds, germanium is considered as a non-toxic alternative of many toxic organotin reagents. Compounds such as d tetraethylgermanium are used as precursors for germanium dioxide chemical vapor deposition in the microelectronics industry, being useful in the manufacturing of semiconductor films.
Sources
www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Germanium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethylgermane
https://www.google.com/patents/US3211583
Chemical Properties
clear colorless liquid
Uses
Tetraethylgermane is used in the microsomal metabolic studies of the organometallic derivatives of the group-??IV elements.
