Ditellurium decafluoride

Ditellurium decafluoride was widely reported in the literature (e.g.^[1][2][3]) but what was believed to be Te₂F₁₀ has been shown to be F₅TeOTeF₅. ^[4]
An account as to how this error occurred was made by P.M. Watkin.^[5]

References

1. ^ W.C. Cooper; Tellurium, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, USA, 1971.
2. ^ K.W. Bagnall; The Chemistry of Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium, Elsevier Publishing, New York, 1966.
3. ^ A.A. Kudryavtsev; The Chemistry and Technology of Selenium and Tellurium, Collet's Publishers, London, England, 1974.
4. ^ Inorganic Chemistry,Egon Wiberg, Arnold Frederick Holleman Elsevier 2001 ISBN 0-12-352651-5
5. ^ P. M. Watkins, J. Chem. Educ., 51, 520-1 (1974)