Mechanism of thermal decomposition of tetra-aryltellurium species
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- p. 1338-1344
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19800001338
Abstract
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.Keywords
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