Tri-phenyl-tellurium chloride.
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C18H15ClTe, contains two mol-ecules which are in inverted orientations. The compound displays a tetra-hedral geometry around the Te atom in spite of there being five electron domains. This is attributed to the fact that the lone pair is not sterically active. The dihedral angles between the three phenyl rings are 76.51 (16)/73.75 (16)/71.06 (17) and 78.60 (17)/77.67 (16)/79.11 (16)° in the two mol-ecules. The crystal packing features eight C-H⋯π inter-actions.
School of Studies in Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior 474011, India.
Ambika
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Chopra
School of Studies in Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior 474011, India.
Shalini
S
Jain
School of Studies in Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior 474011, India.
Sanjay K
SK
Srivastava
School of Studies in Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior 474011, India.
Sushil K
SK
Gupta
Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
Ray J
RJ
Butcher