%0 Journal Article %T Hydrotelluration of alkynes: a unique route to Z-vinyl organometallics %A Vieira %A Maur¨ªcio L. %A Zinn %A Fabiano K. %A Comasseto %A Jo£¿o V. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2001 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532001000500003 %X the hydrotelluration reaction of alkynes is reviewed. the transformation of vinylic tellurides into reactive vinyl organometallics and the coupling reactions of vinylic tellurides with alkynes and organometallics are presented. %K hydrotelluration %K vinylic tellurides %K transmetallation %K coupling reactions %K tellurium. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532001000500003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en