Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Tellurophenols and the Structure of [Cd(μ‐TeC₆H₂M₃)₂]_∞

Abstract

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.