Structure of a diorganotelluroxonium(IV) cation, {[2,6-(CHNMe)CHTe(μ-O)]}, with the tri-chlorido-(dimethyl sulfoxide)-platinum(II) anion.

In the title salt, di-μ-oxido-bis-{2,6-bis-[(di-methyl-amino)-meth-yl]phenyl-κ }tellurium(-IV) bis[tri-chlorido-(dimethyl sulfoxide-κ)platinate(II)], (CHNOTe)[PdCl(CHOS)], which crystallizes in the triclinic space group , each Te atom is in a distorted five-coordinated TeONC square-pyramidal geometry (τ values of 0.026 and 0.001) with the C atoms of the phenyl rings occupying the apical positions. The phenyl rings in the [CHNOTe] cation are in a arrangement to enable this species to participate in Te⋯Cl cation-anion inter-actions. There are also C-H⋯O inter-actions involving the dimethyl sulfoxide ligands and numerous cation-anion and anion-anion C-H⋯Cl inter-actions, which link the ions into a complex three-dimensional array.