Syntheses and crystal structures of compounds containing short Te-N bonds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(91)80219-A

The reaction of tellurium(IV)chloride with N-trimethylsilyl-P-triphenyliminophosphorane in a molar ratio of 1:2 gives (Ph3P=N)2TeCl2.A similar procedure with RTeCl3 (R=p=MeOC6H4) gives the monosubstituted product Ph3P=NTe(R)Cl2.X-Ray diffraction studies s