Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. List of contributing authors xi
5. 1 Synthesis and application of organotellurium compounds 1
6. 2 Chemistry of tellurium containingmacrocycles 27
7. 3 Semiconductor characteristics of tellurium and its implementations 55
8. 4 Tellurium in carbohydrate synthesis 85
9. 5 Tellurium-based solar cells 107
10. 6 Toxicity of tellurium and its compounds 135
11. 7 Accessing the environmental impact of tellurium metal 151
12. 8 Latest developments on the synthesis of bioactive organotellurium scaffolds 163
13. 9 Tellurium-based chemical sensors 183
14. 10 Tellurium based materials for nonlinear optical applications 225
15. 11 Tellurium-induced cyclization of olefinic compounds 249
16. 12 Tellurium-induced functional group activation 291
17. Index 309