Organic Tellurium Compounds, IV: An Improved Synthesis of Tellurophene Tellurophene (1) is synthesized in good overall yields in an improved synthesis using bis(trimethylsilyl)‐1,3‐butadiyne and sodium telluride generated in situ from tellurium and sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate.
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Lohner et al. (1978) studied this question.