Syntheses and Structures of Organotellurium(II) and (IV) Halides

Abstract

Aryltellurenyl(II) halides, RTeX, are known to be highly reactive, and there hace been only a few examples of their isolation as stable compounds. We report hare the synthesis and isolation of ArTeX (X = halogen) and ArTeX₃ bearing a Bbt group as a steric protection group. The reactivity of the obtained tellurennyl halides will be described.