Organyl tellurides as exchangers of carbon radicals

It was discovered that the acetyl derivalive of iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone is especially suitable as a source of methyl radicals, being photolysed by irradiation with a simple tungsten lamp. On this basis, and because of the high radicophilicity of tellurides (especially anisyl tellurides), a radical exchange occurs when the reagent is irradiated in the presence of an 

The radical chemistry discussed above is very useful for the manipulation or synthesis of complex products. 

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