Thiocarboxylic acids, such as selenocarboxylic acids, exist
predominantly in the thioxo form (RCSOH,
thion acid) in polar solvents such as tetrahydrofuran (THF) at
temperatures below −50 °C. Tellurocarboxylic
acids
(5) were observed for the first time by acidolysis of the
corresponding cesium tellurocarboxylates with hydrogen
chloride. The telluroic acids (6) exist predominantly
in the telluroxo form (RCTeOH, telluron acid) in THF at
temperatures below −70 °C. Telluron acids were reddish to blue
violet for the aliphatics (R = alkyl) and dark green
for the aromatics (R = aryl) and reacted with aryl isocyanates at
−70 °C to give crystalline acyl carbamoyl tellurides
in good yields.