The first alkyltellurenyl halides were obtained as isolable but unstable compounds from halogenolysis of tellurophthalide (IC), a compound obtained in almost quantitative yield from 2-(bromomethy1) benzoyl chloride and sodium hydrogen telluride. The structures of the new compounds were confirmed by transformations to a single benzyl tellurocyanate that was independently synthesized.
[Loth-Compere, M.; Luxen, A.; Thibaut, Ph.; Christiaens, L.; Guillaume, M.; Renson, M. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 18, p. 343 - 345]