Vanadium ditelluride is an inorganic compound with the formula VTe<sub>2</sub>. It is a water-insoluble, gray-black solid. VTe<sub>2</sub> has no applications but closely related layered dichalcogenides are subject of much research. VTe<sub>2</sub> is the best studied vanadium telluride.
Vanadium ditelluride can be prepared by the reaction of the elements at 1000 ðC. The reaction can also be conducted in molten salt. According to X-ray crystallography, it has a layered structure of the cadmium hydroxide packing motif.
A vanadium monotelluride (VTe) is also known (registry number 29888-22-0). It is a nonstoichiometric compound (as is the ditelluride), which crystallizes in the NiAs motif.