Abstract
Abstractα‐(Phenyltelluro)esters 2 reacted with electron‐rich alkenes 3 in the presence of a catalytic amount of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator to give the corresponding addition products 4. This carbotelluration of alkenes proceeded via a radical chain mechanism involving the bimolecular homolytic substitution (SH2) reaction on tellurium as the key step, wherein tellurium plays an important role in a kinetic fashion to realize the rapid group transfer process resulting in suppressing the competing olefin polymerization. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 22:518–522, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/hc.20716
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