“…However, the synthesis and use of bis-ethynyl tellurides are scarcely described in the literature (Gedridge et al, 1992, Engman & Stern, 1993 and their use in the detelluration reaction to afford 1,3-diynes is unknown until now. As part of our ongoing research into tellurium chemistry (Petragnani & Stefani, 2007;Zukerman-Schpector et al, 2008), the title compound, (I), was synthesized and its crystal structure determined.…”