5,6-Di-methyl-benzo[ d ][1,3]oxatellurole.

The structure of the title compound, C 9 H 10 OTe, at 100 K has ortho-rhom-bic ( P 2 1 2 1 2) symmetry with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit ( Z ' = 2). The mol-ecules are folded along their Te⋯O axes, with their Te-C-O planes angled at an average of 25.1° with respect to the remaining non-H atoms, which are almost coplanar (average deviation from planarity = 0.04 Å). A Hirshfeld plot shows weak inter-molecular inter-actions between the two Te atoms located in each asymmetric mol-ecule, with a Te⋯Te distance of 3.7191 (4) Å. The structure is strongly pseudosymmetric to the space group Pccn with Z ' = 1. The crystal chosen for data collection was found to be was an inversion twin.