(Z)-1-(Dichloro-p-methoxyphenyltelluro)-1-phenyl-2-thiophenylethene

The Te^IV atom in the title compound, C₂₁H₁₈Cl₂OSTe, is in a trigonal bipyramidal configuration with the lone pair of electrons occupying one of the equatorial positions. Distances and angles are: Te-Cl 2.5140 (10) and 2.5012 (10), Te-C 2.127 (3) and 2.121 (4) Å (aryl); Cl-Te-Cl 173.07 (4), Cl-Te-C 90.96 (10), 87.71 (9), 90.09 (10) and 85.36 (9), C-Te-C 99.92 (13)°.

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