Treatment of bis(aryl)tellurium dichlorides or diaryl tellurides with degassed Raney nickel readily affords the corresponding biaryls. The bis(aryl)tellurium dichlorides were prepared from TeCl4 and the appropriate aromatics, with or without a Lewis acid as a catalyst, depending on the reactivity of the aromatic. The diaryl tellurides were prepared by reduction of the dichlorides with hydrazine. Attempts