Synthesis
Commonly used tellurium based reagents are hydrogen telluride, NaHTe, sodium telluride, and PhTeLi. Because Te is insoluble and polymeric, it is often not a useful precursor to organotellurium compounds, but it is attacked by hydride reducing agents:
- Te + 2LiBHEt3 → Li2Te + H2S + 2 BEt
and organolithium compounds:
- Te + RLi → RTeLi
One departure from S and Se chemistry, is the availability of the tetrachloride TeCl4. Tellurium tetrachloride reacts with alkenes and alkynes to the chloro tellurium trichloride addition product:
- RCH=CH2 + TeCl4 → RCH(Cl)-CH2TeCl3
These organotellurium derivatives are susceptible to further reactions.
Read more about this topic: Organotellurium Chemistry
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