DURING an investigation on the parachor of tellurium (Burstall and Sugden, this vol., p. 229) it was found that the observed molecular parachor of bis-p-phenetyl telluridichloride (I)(Morgan and Drew, J., 1925, 127, 2307) gave EL value which suggested that this dichloridt! was a nuclear-substituted telluride (11). We have now confirmed the earlier view by preparing his-p-phenetyl telluridichloride in a manner which leaves no doubt as to its ...