A square-planar tellurium(II) complex with Te,Te'-chelating ligands.
While exploring the chemistry of tellurium-containing dichalcogenidoimidodiphosphinate ligands, the first all-tellurium member of a series of related square-planar E(II)(E')4 complexes (E and E' are group 16 elements), namely bis(P,P,P',P'-tetraphenylditelluridoimidodiphosphinato-κ(2)Te,Te')tellurium(II) (systematic name: 2,2,4,4,8,8,10,10-octaphenyl-1λ(3),5,6λ(4),7λ(3),11-pentatellura-3,9-diaza-2λ(5),4λ(5),8λ(5),10λ(5)-tetraphosphaspiro[5.5]undeca-1,3,7,9-tetraene), C48H40N2P4Te5, was obtained unexpectedly. The formally Te(II) centre is situated on a crystallographic inversion centre and is Te,Te'-chelated to two anionic [(TePPh2)2N](-) ligands in an anti conformation. The central Te(II)(Te)4 unit is approximately square planar [Te-Te-Te = 93.51 (3) and 86.49 (3)°], with Te-Te bond lengths of 2.9806 (6) and 2.9978 (9) Å.
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4.
Tristram
T
Chivers
Department of Chemistry, The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 2E9.
Jamie S
JS
Ritch
Te,Te′-chelation; crystal structure; polychalcogen compounds; square-planar tellurium complex; tellurium-containing ligands