First boron–tellurium double bond captured

POV-Ray crystallographically determined structures of compounds

Source: Angewandte Chemie International

Unusual molecule features shortest boron bond to one of the rarest metals on Earth

 A rarity among rarities, the first molecule with a boron–tellurium double bond – and one of the few boron–tellurium compounds in existence – has been made by chemists in Germany.