First X-ray Crystallographic Structure Determination of 2,2/-Biphenylylene-2-biphenylylphenoxytellurane ([10-Te-4(C3O)]> Formed during the Ring Opening Reaction of Bis(2,2'-biphenylylene)tellurane ([10-Te-4(C4)]) with Phenols
Bis(2,2‘-biphenylylene)tellurane (1)
undergoes
a ring-opening reaction on treatment with acetic and
benzoic acid to afford the triaryltelluronium carboxylate
derivatives [10−Te−4(C3O)] (2).
(2,2‘-Biphenylylene)(2-biphenylyl)benzoyloxytellurane (λ4-tellane)
(2a) and
(2,2‘-biphenylylene)(2-biphenylyl)acetyloxytellurane
(λ4-tellane) (2b) were subjected to X-ray
crystallographic
analysis, which revealed that they crystallize as monomers and dimers, respectively, and that their Te centers
have a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal bonding geometry.
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