Sodium telluride in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone: An efficient telluration system for the synthesis of aromatic tellurides and ditellurides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1992-26162

Sodium telluride prepared in situ from tellurium and sodium hydride in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone was found to act as an efficient tellurating agent for nonactivated aromatic iodides, providing a simple route to a variety of diaryl tellurides, alkyl aryl tellurides and diaryl ditellurides.