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Mechanism of Thermal Decomposition of Tetra-aryltellurium Species
Glover, Stephen A.
, p. 1338 - 1344 (2007/10/02)
Tetra-aryltellurium species decompose upon heating giving good yields of diaryl tellurides and biphenyls.Radical-scavenging experiments show that phenyl radicals are not intermediates in the formation of biphenyls.In contrast, cross-over experiments give mixed biphenyls as well as mixed diaryl tellurides, but these are formed by a statistical redistribution of organic groups giving mixed tetra-aryltellurium species which decompose thermally in an indiscrimate fashion.
