A planar dianionic ditelluride and a cyclic tritelluride supported by P2N2 rings

Andreas Nordheider; Tristram Chivers; Ramalingam Thirumoorthi; Kasun S. Athukorala Arachchige; Alexandra M. Z. Slawin; J. Derek Woollins; Ignacio Vargas-Baca

doi:10.1039/C2DT32716C

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A planar dianionic ditelluride and a cyclic tritelluride supported by P₂N₂ rings†

Andreas Nordheider,^ab Tristram Chivers,*^a Ramalingam Thirumoorthi,^a Kasun S. Athukorala Arachchige,^b Alexandra M. Z. Slawin,^b J. Derek Woollins^b and Ignacio Vargas-Baca^c

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^b Department of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

^c Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4M1

Abstract

Oxidation of alkali metal derivatives of [Te(^tBuN)P(μ-N^tBu)₂P(N^tBu)Te]²⁻ with I₂ produces the intermediate ditelluride dianion [Te(^tBuN)P(μ-N^tBu)₂P(N^tBu)Te]₂²⁻ with a planar PTeTeP conformation and, subsequently, the cyclic tritelluride [(^tBuN)P(μ-N^tBu)₂P(N^tBu)(μ-TeTeTe)].

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2DT32716C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 13 Nov 2012
Accepted: 11 Dec 2012
First published: 13 Dec 2012

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Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 3291-3294

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A planar dianionic ditelluride and a cyclic tritelluride supported by P₂N₂ rings

A. Nordheider, T. Chivers, R. Thirumoorthi, K. S. Athukorala Arachchige, A. M. Z. Slawin, J. D. Woollins and I. Vargas-Baca, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 3291 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32716C

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