Reductive cleavage of Te-Te bond in ditellurides by Sm/ZrCl4 system: A novel method for the synthesis of β-telluroesters (and nitriles)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397910008087320

Diaryl ditellurides were conveniently reduced by a system consisting of samarium and zirconium tetrachloride in tetrahydrofuran to produce samarium aryltellurolates. This new tellurolate anion species reacted smoothly with α,β-unsaturated esters (and nitr

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Reductive Cleavage of Te-
Te Bond in Ditellurides by
Sm / ZrCl4 System : a Novel
Method for the Synthesis of β-
Telluroesters (and Nitriles)
Songlin Zhang a & Yongmin Zhang a
a Department of Chemistry , Zhejiang University at
Xi Xi Campus , Hangzhou, 310028, P.R., China
Published online: 04 Dec 2007.
To cite this article: Songlin Zhang & Yongmin Zhang (2000) Reductive Cleavage of Te-
Te Bond in Ditellurides by Sm / ZrCl4 System : a Novel Method for the Synthesis of
β-Telluroesters (and Nitriles), Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 30:2, 285-292, DOI:
10.1080/00397910008087320
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