SYNTHESIS OF STERICALLY HINDERED TELLUROPHENOLS AND THE STRUCTURE OF [CD(MU-TEC6H2ME3)2]-INFINITY

Useful starting compounds for the synthesis of metal complexes are provided by the thermally sensitive and photosensitive tellurophenols 1 (R = Me, iPr, tBu). For instance, the methyl‐substituted compound 1 reacts with [Cd{N(SiMe3)2}2] to give [Cd(TeC6H2Me3)2]∞, whose linear one‐dimensional chain structure is due to the spatial bulk of the mesityl groups. (Figure Presented.) Copyright © 1991 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Germany