A series of multinuclear homo- and heterometallic complexes with bridging tellurolato ligands derived from [Cp∗Ir(CO)(TeTol)2] (Cp∗ = η5-C5Me5, Tol = p-tolyl)

Reactions of [Cp∗Ir(CO)(TeTol)2] (1; Tol = p-tolyl) with certain organometallic Pd(II), Pt(II), Ir(III), Rh(III), and Ru(II) species afforded IrPd, IrPt, IrPt2, Ir2, IrRh, IrRu3, and IrRu complexes having tellurolato-bridged dinuclear or trinuclear cores. This finding demonstrates that 1 is a versatile precursor to synthesize a variety of multinuclear homo- and heterometallic μ-tellurolato complexes, whose chemistry is still less advanced as compared with that of μ-thiolato complexes.