Studies on the Selective Syntheses of Sodium Ditelluride and Dialkyl Ditellurides.

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Author	Kim, Chorong Lim, Yoo Jin Kim, Ye Eun Cho, Hyunsung Lee, Sang Hyup
Editor	Potapov, Vladimir A.
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	Studies on the selective synthetic method for dialkyl ditellurides 1, a representative class of organyl tellurium compounds, were presented. Considering the difficulty in conducting previous harsh reactions and in suppressing the formation of dialkyl tellurides 2 as side products, we optimized reaction conditions for selective syntheses of sodium ditelluride and the corresponding dialkyl ditellurides 1. We reduced tellurium to sodium ditelluride by using NaBH4 and subsequently, treated the obtained sodium ditelluride with alkyl halides (RX) to give the target compounds 1. Consequently, by applying various alkyl halides (RX) we achieved the selective syntheses of dialkyl ditellurides 1 (13 examples with 4 new compounds) in modest to good yields. We also suggested the mechanistic pathways to dialkyl ditellurides 1.
Journal	Molecules
Volume Number	27
DOI	10.3390/molecules27248991
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9782605
Issue Number	24
PubMed reference number	36558124
e-ISSN	14203049
Language	English
Publisher	Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Publisher Date	2022-12-16
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	tellurium dialkyl ditelluride dialkyl telluride sodium ditelluride sodium borohydride tellurium reduction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Medicine Chemistry Drug Discovery Pharmaceutical Science Analytical Chemistry Molecular Medicine Organic Chemistry