Organotellurium Chemistry. 4. Synthesis of Phenyl, 4-Methoxyphenyl, and 2-Nitrophenyl Tellurocyanates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo01294a025

The previously unreported phenyl tellurocyanate and 4-methoxyphenyl tellurocyanate were prepared in low yields from potassium cyanide and the diaryl ditellurides and in high yields through reductive cyanation of the aryltellurium trihalides.The highly sta