| Abstract: | The reactions between diphenyl ditelluride, (PhTe)2, or di(β-naphtyl)ditelluride, (β-naphtylTe)2, with equivalent amounts of iodine have been reinvestigated and the crystal and molecular structures of iodophenyltellurium(II), (PhTeI)4, and diiododi-(β-naphtyl)tellurium(IV), (β-naphtyl)2TeI2, have been determined. The structure of iodophenyltellurium(II) (space group Cc, a = 13.850(5) Å, b = 13.852(3) Å, c = 16.494(6) Å and β = 101.69(2)°, Z = 4) is built up by four PhTeI units which are linked by weak Te–Te interactions with Te–Te distances between 3.152(5) Å and 3.182(4) Å. The angles between the tellurium atoms are approximately 90° giving an almost perfect square. Long range secondary bonds (Te–I: about 4.2 Å) link the tetrameric units to give an infinite two-dimensional network. Iodo(β-naphtyl)tellurium(II) is less stable than the phenyl derivative. Solutions of this compound decompose under formation of elemental tellurium and (β-naphtyl)2TeI2. (β-Naphtyl)2TeI2 crystallises in the monoclinic space group C 2/c (a = 21.198(6) Å, b = 5.8921(8) Å, c = 16.651(5) Å, β = 114.77(2)°). The tellurium atom is situated on a two-fold crystallographic axis and Te–I and Te–C bond lengths of 2.899(1) and 2.108(7) Å have been determined. |
