A Mizoroki–Heck-type reaction of telluronium iodides with olefins proceeded under mild conditions to produce substituted olefins in high yields. The reaction required a catalytic amount of palladium(II) species and a stoichiometric amount of silver(I) acetate as an additive.
The homocoupling reaction of aryldimethyltelluronium iodides in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium(II) species and two equivalents of silver(I) acetate proceeded to afford the corresponding biaryls.