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Germane
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<p>Germane is the <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a> with the formula <a href="/facts/Germanium/wtoALHGs">Ge</a><a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">H4</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Germanium/wtoALHGs">germanium</a> <a href="/facts/Analog_(chemistry)/3aysWSVG">analogue</a> of <a href="/facts/Methane/kBHneYnh">methane</a>. It is the simplest germanium hydride and one of the most useful compounds of germanium. Like the related compounds <a href="/facts/Silane/XNevDLgE">silane</a> and methane, germane is <a href="/facts/Tetrahedral_molecular_geometry/583AL1sP">tetrahedral</a>. It burns in air to produce <a href="/facts/Germanium_dioxide/BjJDTQcI">GeO2</a> and <a href="/facts/Water_(molecule)/FFsl65l1">water</a>. Germane is a <a href="/facts/Group_14_hydride/FJCJfUtm">group 14 hydride</a>. </p>