Ytterbium monotelluride is an inorganic compound, one of the tellurides of ytterbium, with the chemical formula YbTe.
Preparation
Ytterbium monotelluride can be produced by the high-temperature reduction reaction of ytterbium(III) telluride (Yb2Te3),Senff, Heinz; Klemm, Wilhelm. Measurements on bivalent and quadrivalent compounds of the rare earths. IX. The selenides and tellurides of bivalent ytterbium. Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 1939. 242: 92-96. or by the reaction of ytterbium(III) chloride, tellurium and hydrogen:Obolonchik, V. A.; Yanaki, A. A. Synthesis of some rare-earth metal tellurides. Khal'kogenidy, 1970. 2: 141-148. .
YbCl3 + H2 → YbCl2 + 2 HCl YbCl2 + H2 + Te → YbTe + 2 HCl
The thermal decomposition of [(py)2Yb(μ-η2-η2-PhNNPh)(TePh)]2·2py will also produce ytterbium monotelluride, but at the same time, ytterbium(III) nitride will be produced.
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