Issue 44, 2022

Silver-catalyzed synthesis of symmetrical diaryl tellurides from arylboronic acids and tellurium

Abstract

We report herein the synthesis of symmetrical tellurides by the reaction of different arylboronic acids with elemental tellurium through a simple methodology using a silver catalyst. In contrast to other methodologies described in the literature, this protocol takes advantage of using Te0 for the synthesis of tellurides, skipping the preparation steps of organotellurium compounds as intermediates. The developed method was tolerant to a series of arylboronic acids, obtaining a wide reaction scope using 10 mol% of AgNO3 as a catalyst, DMSO as a solvent and three equivalents of Te0. Tellurides with electron withdrawing and electron donating groups attached to the aryl group at the ortho, meta and para positions were achieved, allowing the study of the influence of these groups at each position. Control experiments were carried out to subsidize a plausible proposed mechanism.

Graphical abstract: Silver-catalyzed synthesis of symmetrical diaryl tellurides from arylboronic acids and tellurium

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Aug. 2022
Accepted
09 Okt. 2022
First published
10 Okt. 2022

New J. Chem., 2022,46, 21229-21234

Silver-catalyzed synthesis of symmetrical diaryl tellurides from arylboronic acids and tellurium

G. B. Blödorn, M. Sacramento, E. M. A. Sandagorda, A. S. Lima, J. S. Reis, M. S. Silva and D. Alves, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 21229 DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ04019K

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