Far more complex than anticipated is the
widely utilized reductive cleavage of diorganoditellurides
with sodium borohydride. The isolation and characterization of [Pn(C6H5)4][(TeC6H5)3] (Pn = P, As) suggests
that diphenylditelluride is reactive toward the hydride
as well as to the phenyltellurolate anion.
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