The enolates, generated from phenacyl bromides by sodium telluride, yield 2,4-diarylfurans in addition to the expected dehalogenation products. No 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds could be isolated even in the presence of excess oxidizing agent, copper(II) chloride. Condensation of 2-(methoxymethoxy)arenecarbaldehydes with ethyl bromoacetate in the presence of sodium telluride gave the expected α,β-unsaturated