Formation of Ga2Te2 and M3Te3(M = Ga, In) rings from reactions of sodium ditelluroimidodiphosphinate with Group 13 halides

May C Copsey; Tristram Chivers

doi:10.1039/b510342h

Formation of Ga2Te2 and M3Te3(M = Ga, In) rings from reactions of sodium ditelluroimidodiphosphinate with Group 13 halides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Oct 21:(39):4938-40. doi: 10.1039/b510342h. Epub 2005 Sep 7.

Authors

May C Copsey¹, Tristram Chivers

Affiliation

¹ Department of Calgary, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaT2N 1N4.

PMID: 16205806
DOI: 10.1039/b510342h

Abstract

Metathetical reactions of Na[N(iPr2PTe)2] with Group 13 metal halides produce the telluride complexes {Ga(mu-Te)[iPr2PNiPr2PTe]}2(2) and {M(mu-Te)[N(iPr2PTe)2]}3, M = In (3) and Ga (4), which contain central Ga2Te2 and M3Te3 rings, respectively.