Tellurophene
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Tellurophene[1] | |||
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3D model (JSmol) |
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| 103225 | |||
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| ChemSpider | |||
| 647889 | |||
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| Properties | |||
| C4H4Te | |||
| Molar mass | 179.68 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | pale yellow | ||
| Density | 2.13 | ||
| Melting point | −36 °C (−33 °F; 237 K) | ||
| Boiling point | 148 °C (298 °F; 421 K) 714 mm Hg | ||
Refractive index (nD) |
1.6856 | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tellurophene is the organotellurium compound with the formula C4H4Te. It is a heavy analogue of thiophene and selenophene. The compound is a pale yellow liquid. A number of substituted tellurophenes are known.[2]
In 1966, Mack report a synthesis of an unsubstituted tellurophene through the reaction of sodium telluride with diacetylene in methanol. This method could be generalised to prepare 2,5-derivatives of tellurophene by selecting a suitably-substituted diacetylene precursor.[3] The product was obtained as a pale yellow liquid with a melting and boiling point of −36 °C and 148 °C, respectively. Taticchi et al. improved upon this synthesis by using a Schlenk line to exclude oxygen and moisture from the reaction vessel, using pure butadiyne (to decrease unwanted oxidation and polymerization side reactions), and by not using a vacuum to remove the methanol as it leads to loss of the product. This improved procedure allowed the tellurophene to be isolated in 47% yield.[4][5] Hydrogen telluride (HTe-) and tellurols (RTeH) are implicated in these conversions.