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Synthesis 1992; 1992(6): 549-551
DOI: 10.1055/s-1992-26162
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Sodium Telluride in N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone: An Efficient Telluration System for the Synthesis of Aromatic Tellurides and Ditellurides

Hitomi Suzuki* , Tohru Nakamura
  • *Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
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17 September 2002 (online)

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Sodium telluride prepared in situ from tellurium and sodium hydride in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone was found to act as an efficient tellurating agent for nonactivated aromatic iodides, providing a simple route to a variety of diaryl tellurides, alkyl aryl tellurides and diaryl ditellurides.