Tellurium chloride

Tellurium chloride may refer to any of the following compounds:

• Tellurium tetrachloride, TeCl₄, a volatile ionizing salt
• Tellurium dichloride, TeCl₂, an unstable black solid
• Ditellurium dichloride, Te₂Cl₂, a yellow liquid prepared by reaction of lithium polytellurides with TeCl₄.
• Tritellurium dichloride, Te₃Cl₂, a gray semiconductive polymer
• Te₂Cl, a metastable gray polymer decomposing{{dubious|reason=no possible stoichiometry|date=July 2024}} to Te₃Cl₂ and TeCl₄.{{cite book |first= Zhengtao |last= Xu |chapter= Recent Developments in Binary Halogen–Chalcogen Compounds, Polyanions and Polycations |title= Handbook of Chalcogen Chemistry: New Perspectives in Sulfur, Selenium and Tellurium |editor-first= Francesco |editor-last= Devillanova |year= 2006 |publisher= Royal Society of Chemistry |pages= 381–416 |doi= 10.1039/9781847557575-00455}}