Reactions of telluro ethers with common cyclopalladation precursors gave a variety of palladium complexes ranging from mononuclear,trans-[PdCl2(TeR2)2] to binuclear [Pd2(μ-Cl)2Cl2(TeRR′)2], cyclopalladated [Pd2(μ-OAc)2RTeCH2C6H2(4,6-Me2)}2] and products formed by Te–C bond cleavage.