A series of sodium and potassium tellurocarboxylates were prepared from the reactions of acyl chlorides with the corresponding alkali metal tellurides and characterized. The salts were found to readily react with alkyl halides to give Te-alkyl telluroesters in good yields.
[Takeuchi, Seiji; Miyoshi, Norikazu; Hirata, Kenji; Hayashida, Haruyoshi; Ohgo, Yoshiaki Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1992 , vol. 65, # 7 p. 2001 - 2003]