Chalcogen-Bonding Interactions in Telluroether Heterocycles [Te(CH2 )m ]n (n=1-4; m=3-7)

Marko Rodewald1, J Mikko Rautiainen2, Tobias Niksch3

  • 1Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldt Strasse 8, 07743, Jena, Germany.

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