Catalytically active nanosized PdTe (telluropalladinite) and PdTe (kotulskite) alloys: first precursor-architecture controlled synthesis using palladium complexes of organotellurium compounds as single source precursors.

Several intermetallic binary phases of Pd-Te including PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe, PdTe and PdTe are known, and negligible work (except few studies on PdTe) has been done on exploring applications of such phases and their fabrication at nanoscale. Hence, Pd(ii) complexes Pd(L1)Cl and Pd(L2-H)Cl (L1): Ph-Te-CH-CH-NH and L2: HO-2-CH-CH[double bond, length as m-dash]N-CHCH-Te-Ph were synthesized. Under similar thermolytic conditions, complex Pd(L1)Cl with bidentate coordination mode of ligand provided nanostructures of PdTe (telluropalladinite) whereas Pd(L2-H)Cl with tridentate coordination mode of ligand yielded PdTe (kotulskite).