Tetrahedron letters

2-Substituted-4-hydroxymethyltellurophenes from acetylenic epichlorohydrins and sodium telluride

RP Discordia, DC Dittmer

Index: Discordia, Robert P.; Dittmer, Donald C. Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 39 p. 4923 - 4926

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Abstract

Abstract 2-Substituted-4-hydroxymethyltellurophenes and acetylenic allyl alcohols (enynols) are products from the action of sodium telluride on acetylenic epichlorohydrins. Variation in the degree of reduction of tellurium to telluride ion has a dramatic effect on the ratio of tellurophene to allyl alcohol, either of which may be obtained as the major product.