Acetonyldichloro[(Z)-2-chloro-1-methyl-2-phenylethenyl]tellurium(IV)

The primary geometry about the Te-IV atom in the title compound, C12H13Cl3O Te or [TeCl2(C9H8Cl)(C3H5O)], is a pseudo-trigonal-bipyramidal arrangement with the lone pair of electrons and the C atoms occupying the equatorial po sitions, and the Cl atoms occupying the axial positions. There are three se condary interactions, two intramolecular [Te ... O 2.926(4) and Te ... Cl 3 .180(1) Angstrom] and one intermolecular [Te ... Cl 3.659(1) Angstrom], whi ch link the molecules. Significant distances and angles are: Te-Cl 2.4870(1 3) and 2.5096(12), Te-C 2.119(4) and 2.122(4) Angstrom, Cl-Te-Cl 171.78(5), Cl-Te-C 88.07(11), 87.68(15), 86.28(11) and 87.17 (15), and C-Te-C 97.59 ( 17)degrees.