An Unusual Ditelluride: Synthesis and Molecular and Electronic Structures of the Dimer of the Tellurium-Centered Radical [TePiPr2NiPr2PTe]•

Facile formation of the ditelluride [(TePiPr2NiPr2PTe-)2], which exists as a centrosymmetric dimer (see picture: Te green, P purple, N blue, C gray) with a weak Te[BOND]Te bond, embodies a new feature of the chemistry of dichalcogenoimidodiphosphinate ligands. The monotelluride HPiPr2NiPr2PTe analogue is obtained as the P[BOND]H tautomer.peerReviewe