“…9. The lack of Te--Br interactions is surprising because in Me,TeBr, there are two intermolecular interactions with Te--Br distances of 3.560 (4) and 3.661 (4) A, which are associated with the longer of the two Te-Br bonds, and in Ph,TeBr, the closest such interaction reported is 3.93 (39), yet the shortest secondary Te--Br contact in 8 of 4.833 (2) A is considerably longer than the sum of the van der Waals radii. Te--X associations are extensive and in, for example, a series of R,TeCI, compounds with different R groups (36,38,(40)(41)(42), Te--Cl interactions are consistently found (43), with the exception of (9-BrC6H,),TeC1, where Te--Br interactions of 3.71 and 3.80 A replace those expected for Te--Cl (43).…”