Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Hydrogen telluride (tellurane) is the inorganic compound with the formula H2Te. The simplest hydride of tellurium it is rarely encountered because it decomposes rapidly to the constituent elements. However the gas can exist at very low concentrations long enough to be readily detected by the odour of rotting garlic or rotting leeks. Most compounds with Te-H bonds (tellurols) are unstable with respect to loss of H2.
