In the title compound, [TeCl2(C8H6Cl)(C7H7O)], the Te-IV atom is in a
trigonal bipyramidal configuration with the lone pair of electrons occ
upying one of the equatorial positions. Distances and angles are: Te-C
l 2.521 (2) and 2.485 (2), Te-C 2.073 (7) and 2.110 (7) Angstrom (aryl
); Cl-Te-Cl 117.65 (8), Cl-Te-C 87.1 (2), 90.6 (2), 90.8 (2) and 90.6
(2), C-Te-C 95.0 (3)degrees.