Photosensitized oxygenation of diaryl tellurides to telluroxides and their oxidizing properties

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2004-06-18 DOI: 10.1039/B403683B

Abstract

Photosensitized oxidation of tellurides carrying bulky aromatic substituents afforded the corresponding telluroxides which were found to react with simple alcohols to give the corresponding carbonyl compounds in excellent yields along with the starting tellurides.

Graphical abstract: Photosensitized oxygenation of diaryl tellurides to telluroxides and their oxidizing properties
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