The First Rare‐Earth Metal Telluride Chlorides, RTeCl (R: La, Ce, Pr, Nd).

LnTeCl (Ln: La, Ce, Pr, Nd) compounds are obtained as single crystals and/or powder samples by the reaction of anhydrous LnCl3, Ln metal, and Te (sealed Ta tubes in evacuated silica tubes, 1050 °C, 5 d, heating and cooling rate of 50 K/h).