Dichloro[(Z)-2-chloro-2-phenylvinyl](4-methoxyphenyl)tellurium(IV)

In the title compound, [TeCl 2 (C 8 H 6 Cl)(C 7 H 7 O)], the Te IV atom is in a trigonal bipyramidal configuration with the lone pair of electrons occupying one of the equatorial positions. Distances and angles are: Te-Cl 2.521 (2) and 2.485 (2), Te-C 2.073 (7) and 2. 110 (7) A (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)°