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Diphenyl ditelluride
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<p>Diphenylditelluride is the <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">chemical compound</a> with the formula (C6H5Te)2, abbreviated <a href="/facts/Phenyl/Ql9Yx5uu">Ph</a>2Te2. This orange-coloured solid is the oxidized derivative of the unstable benzenetellurol, PhTeH. Ph2Te2 is used as a source of the PhTe unit in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a> and as a <a href="/facts/Catalyst/LPBS7TQC">catalyst</a> for <a href="/facts/Redox/Pyd5RVcj">redox</a> reactions. The compound is a strong <a href="/facts/Nucleophile/xYccoaJQ">nucleophile</a>, easily displacing <a href="/facts/Halide/ujYu8kGD">halides</a>. It also <a href="/facts/Electrophilic_addition/XS6Ym9WV">adds electrophilically across multiple bonds</a>, and <a href="/facts/Radical_trap/Q5P6vWmg">traps radicals</a>. </p>