M. Baum et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEW PERFLUORINATED TELLURACARBONYLS AND 1,3-DITELLURETANES, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 125, 1997, pp. 413
With the preparation of C2F5(F)C=Te, the third, non-resonance stabilis
ed perfluorinated telluracarbonyl has been isolated and characterised
by mass spectrometry. It was prepared via pyrolysis of the novel compo
und Me3SnTe(n-C3F7) at 550 degrees C, 10(-3) Torr in 45% yield. The co
mpound C2F5(F)C=Te is only stable at -196 degrees C and dimerises quan
titatively a few degrees above this temperature to the corresponding m
ixture of (pentafluoroethyl)-2,4-difluoro-1,3-ditelluretane.