Indium triethyl

Structural formula
General
Surname	Indium triethyl
other names	Triethylindium; Et 3 in;
Molecular formula	C 6 H 15 in
Brief description	colorless liquid
External identifiers / databases
EC number	213-095-0
ECHA InfoCard	100.011.905
PubChem	101912
Wikidata	Q4463329
properties
Molar mass	202.00 g mol −1
Physical state	liquid
boiling point	144 ° C
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling ; no classification available
GHS hazard labeling ; no classification available
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Indium triethyl is an organic chemical compound from the group of organometallic compounds .

Extraction and presentation

Indium triethyl can be obtained by reacting an ethereal solution of indium (III) chloride with ethyl magnesium chloride.

{\ displaystyle \ mathrm {InCl_ {3} +3 \ C_ {2} H_ {5} MgCl \ longrightarrow In (C_ {2} H_ {5}) _ {3} +3 \ MgCl_ {2}}}

Other syntheses are also known.

properties

Indium triethyl is a colorless, poisonous liquid that is sensitive to oxidation and hydrolysis . It is a monomer in the gaseous and dissolved state. The compound reacts with halomethanes to form diethylindium halides.

use

Indium triethyl is used to manufacture indium phosphide layers for semiconductors .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Georg Brauer (Ed.), With the collaboration of Marianne Baudler u. a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume I, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-432-02328-6 , p. 865.
↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
^ Alan H. Cowley: Inorganic Syntheses . John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 0-470-13297-3 , pp. 51 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Takayoshi Maeda, Hisashi Tada, Kiyoshi Yasuda, Rokuro Okawara: Reactions of triethylindium with halomethanes: preparations and properties of diethylindium halides. In: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 27, 1971, pp. 13-18, doi : 10.1016 / S0022-328X (00) 82987-3 .
↑ H. Sakaki, JC Woo, N. Yokoyama, Y. Harayama: Compound Semiconductors 1998: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International ... CRC Press, 1999, ISBN 0-7503-0611-4 , pp. 529 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[brauer-1] Georg Brauer (Ed.), With the collaboration of Marianne Baudler u. a .: Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd, revised edition. Volume I, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-432-02328-6 , p. 865.

[NV-2] This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.

[Alan_H._Cowley-3] Alan H. Cowley: Inorganic Syntheses . John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 0-470-13297-3 , pp. 51 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[DOI10.1016/S0022-328X(00)82987-3-4] Takayoshi Maeda, Hisashi Tada, Kiyoshi Yasuda, Rokuro Okawara: Reactions of triethylindium with halomethanes: preparations and properties of diethylindium halides. In: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 27, 1971, pp. 13-18, doi : 10.1016 / S0022-328X (00) 82987-3 .

[H._Sakaki,_J.C._Woo,_N._Yokoyama,_Y._Harayama-5] H. Sakaki, JC Woo, N. Yokoyama, Y. Harayama: Compound Semiconductors 1998: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International ... CRC Press, 1999, ISBN 0-7503-0611-4 , pp. 529 ( limited preview in Google Book search).