Tellurite

Short description: Ion

Tellurite  Skeletal formula of tellurite

Names
Systematic IUPAC name

Tellurite[1] (substitutive)
Trioxidotellurate(2−)[2] (additive)

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 15852-22-9

3D model (JSmol)

* Interactive image

ChEBI |

* CHEBI:30477

ChemSpider |

* 102958 Y

Gmelin Reference

| 100741

PubChem CID

* 115037

InChI

* InChI=1S/H2O3Te/c1-4(2)3/h(H2,1,2,3)/p-2 Y

Key: SITVSCPRJNYAGV-UHFFFAOYSA-L Y

SMILES

* [O-][Te+]([O-])[O-]

Properties

Chemical formula

| O3Te2−
Molar mass | 175.6 g mol−1
Conjugate acid | Tellurous acid

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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The tellurite ion is TeO2−3. A tellurite (compound), for example sodium tellurite, is a compound that contains this ion. They are typically colorless or white salts, which in some ways are comparable to sulfite.[3] A mineral with the formula TeO2 is called tellurite.

## Contents

* 1 Structure and reactions
* 2 Uses
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 Further reading

## Structure and reactions

Crystal structure of sodium tellurite, highlighting the pyramidal structure of the anion.

Tellurite dianion is pyramidal, like selenite and sulfite. The anion has C3v symmetry.

Tellurites can be reduced to elemental tellurium by electrolysis or a strong reducing agent. When fused with nitrate salts, tellurite salts oxidize to tellurates (TeO2−4).

Upon acidification of aqueous solutions of tellurite salts, solid hydrated tellurium dioxide (TeO2) precipitates. This reaction allows the separation of tellurium from selenium since selenous acid remains soluble at low pH. The intermediate in the protonation occurs at oxygen to give [TeO2(OH)]−.

## Uses

Potassium tellurite (K2TeO3) is used together with agar as part of a selective medium for growth of some bacteria (Clauberg medium). Corynebacteria and some other species reduce TeO2−3 to elemental Te, which stains the bacteria black.

## See also

* List of tellurites

## References

1. ↑ "Tellurous Acid - PubChem Public Chemical Database". The PubChem Project. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=115037&loc=ec_rcs.
2. ↑ "Tellurite (CHEBI:30477)". Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI). UK: European Bioinformatics Institute. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:30477.
3. ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

## Further reading

* M. R. Masson, H. D. Lutz and B. Engelen (eds.) "Sulfites, Selenites and Tellurites", Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1986.

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