In chemistry, subhalide usually refers to inorganic compounds where the halide/metal ratio requires metal-metal (or element-element for nonmetals) bonding, sometimes extensively. Many compounds meet this definition.
Boron forms many subhalides, starting with B2X4, a representative member being diboron tetrafluoride. Aluminium forms a variety of subhalides. For gallium, adducts of Ga2Cl4 are known. Phosphorus subchlorides include P4Cl2 and P7Cl3 (structurally related to P73-). For bismuth, the compound originally described as bismuth monochloride was later shown to consists of Bi95+ clusters with chloride anions.[1]Telluriium subhalides are particularly extensive and include the following members Te3Cl2, Te2X (X = Cl, Br, I), and two forms of TeI.[2]