Dichloro[(E)-2-chloro-1-(2-hydroxyprop-2-yl)vinyl](4-methoxyphenyl)tellurium(IV)

The geometry around the Te-IV atom in the title compound, C12H15Cl3O2Te or [TeCl2(C5H8ClO)(C7H7O)], is pseudo-trigonal bipyramidal, with the Cl atoms in the apical positions and the Te lone pair occupying the fifth position i n the equatorial plane. By including the intermolecular secondary Te ... Cl contact [3.485(1)Angstrom] trans to the Te-C-vinyl bond, the structure may be regarded as pseudo-octahedral. The molecules are associated via an O-H ... Cl hydrogen bond to form centrosymmetric dimeric units, which in turn a re arranged in an infinite zigzag chain along the b axis through the second ary Te ... Cl bond. Distances and angles are: Te-Cl 2.4820(8) and 2.56001(8 ), Te-C 2.124(3) and 2.129(3) Angstrom; Cl-Te-Cl 173.24(3), Cl-Te-C 92.42 ( 8), 92.86(8), 87.06(8) and 88.03 (8), and C-Te-C 98.02(12)degrees.