The title compound, C4H8O4Te, crystallized from a solution of Te(4+) in ethyl-ene glycol. The Te(IV) atom is in a distorted seesaw coordination defined by four O atoms from two different ethyl-eneglycate ligands. The C atoms of the ethyl-eneglycate ligands are disorderd over two positions, with population parameters of 50.3 (6) and 49.7 (6)% indicating a statistical distribution. Due to the pos...
