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Triethylaluminium
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<p>Triethylaluminium is one of the simplest examples of an <a href="/facts/Organoaluminium_chemistry/GM0K5eKE">organoaluminium</a> compound. Despite its name the compound has the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">formula</a> <a href="/facts/Aluminum/7wmR8jYE">Al</a>2(<a href="/facts/Ethyl_group/ydVhnBwD">C2H5</a>)6 (abbreviated as Al2Et6 or TEA). This colorless liquid is <a href="/facts/Pyrophoric/1b8Sl2AJ">pyrophoric</a>. It is an industrially important compound, closely related to <a href="/facts/Trimethylaluminium/QxlKB90v">trimethylaluminium</a>. </p>